"Provides basic consumer health information about blood and circulatory system function, various circulatory disorders, and treatment options. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- Provided by publisher.

Understanding blood and the circulatory system. Blood function and composition ; Blood types ; Donating and preserving blood ; Maintaining a healthy circulatory system ; How aging affects the heart and blood vessels -- Diagnosing and treating blood and circulatory disorders. Blood tests ; Bone marrow tests ; Bleeding and clotting tests ; Tests used in the assessment of vascular disease ; Commonly used medications for cardiovascular health ; Commonly used medications for anemia ; Blood transfusion ; Bone marrow and stem cell transplants ; Chelation therapy -- Blood disorders. Anemia ; Hemolytic anemia ; Hemochromatosis ; Leukemia ; Lymphoma ; Myeloproliferative disorders ; Plasma cell disorders ; Rh incompatibility ; White blood cell disorders -- Bleeding and clotting disorders. What are hereditary bleeding and clotting disorders? ; Hemophilia ; Von Willebrand Disease (VWD) ; Factor V Leiden (Thrombophilia) ; Factor deficiencies ; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia ; Bruises ; antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome ; Disseminated intravascular coagulation ; Hypercoagulation ; Thrombocytopenia ; Immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura ; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura ; Vitamin K deficiency bleeding -- Circulatory disorders. Aneurysm ; Arteritis ; Atherosclerosis ; Blood pressure disorders ; Carotid artery disease ; Coronary artery and heart disease ; Fibromuscular dysplasia ; Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome -- Peripheral vascular disease -- Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS) -- Sepsis -- Stroke -- Vascular birthmarks: hemangiomas and vascular malformations -- Vasculitis -- Venous disorders -- Glossary of terms related to blood and circulatory disorders -- Directory of resources related to blood and circulatory disorders.