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Managing Joint Pain as You Age

Joint pain can be a common complaint among older people with bleeding disorders, but exercise and physical therapy help.
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Managing Joint Pain as You Age
What Friends Need to Know About Your Bleeding Disorder

Disclosing your bleeding disorder to others in your social circles can be a good idea for several reasons.
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Efforts to Ban Copay Accumulator Programs: The Power of State Advocacy

Chapters are leading efforts to ban harmful copay policies, protecting patients with chronic conditions from high costs and treatment interruptions.
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Recent Articles

ITP Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment

ITP: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

ITP is a rare autoimmune disorder that causes low platelets, leading to easy bruising, bleeding, and fatigue.

Rare Bleeding Disorders

How to Evaluate Health Info on Social Media

Ask These Questions Before Following Health Advice on Social Media

You can find a lot of information in your social feeds, but is it true? Here’s how to find out.

Taking Charge, Adults & Aging

Ask a social worker

Ask a Social Worker: What Should I Be Doing to Age Well with Hemophilia?

Living longer with hemophilia brings new challenges — proactive planning helps protect health, independence, and quality of life.

Ask a Social Worker

A group of four teenagers smiling and walking in a park together holding notebooks. Two of the boys are giving each other a high-five

Ask a Social Worker: How Can I Ensure I’m Safe and Successful on Campus with Hemophilia?

“Ask a Social Worker” is a regular column featuring questions from the community and answers from members of NBDF’s Social...

Generation Next

A woman lying down on her bed with a headache while holding the bridge of her nose

How to Avoid Caregiver Burnout if You Have Kids with Bleeding Disorders

All moms and dads will admit, even if only to themselves, that parenthood is stressful. But what stresses one parent...

Family Matters

Boy with his father on the first day of school

Back-to-School Advice from Parents in the Bleeding Disorders Community

Follow these tips to see that your child is safe and well supported.

Family Matters

Nurse Practitioner using Social Media

Decoding Medical Research for the ’Gram

You can turn to social media for information on virtually anything, from the private lives of movie stars to makeup...

Community in Action

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