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5 Free Period Tracking Apps to Help You Monitor Your Menstrual Cycle

Understanding more about your period can help you have greater control over your health, especially when managing a bleeding disorder.
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5 Free Period Tracking Apps to Help You Monitor Your Menstrual Cycle
Period Tracking Apps and Privacy: What Women with Bleeding Disorders Should Know

Menstruation tracking is a valuable tool. Experts say to be vigilant in what information you share.
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Period Tracking Apps and Privacy: What Women with Bleeding Disorders Should Know
Acquired Hemophilia: When Unexpected Bleeding Appears Later in Life

The rare condition usually affects people in their 70s and 80s without warning. Here’s what you need to know.
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Acquired Hemophilia: When Unexpected Bleeding Appears Later in Life

Recent Articles

Ask a Social Worker: “I’m 17 with VWD, and my periods are awful. What can I do if my doctor suggests birth control, but my mom doesn’t want me to take it?”

Heavy periods with a bleeding disorder are common, and there are safe, private options to help teens manage them.

Ask a Social Worker

What Is Anti-TFPI? This New Treatment Could Change Hemophilia Care

This rebalancing agent can help people with hemophilia A or B — with or without inhibitors — to better control...

Hemophilia A&B, Novel Technologies

The Bleeds Wouldn’t Stop – But This Patient Didn’t Give Up

“I wanted to live my life like there was nothing wrong, but the fear was always there.”

Digital Connections

Susan Scroggins didn’t know which was worse: that both her children had been diagnosed with type 1 von Willebrand disease...

Community in Action

The Rx Factor

Because many pain relievers (including aspirin-containing products) can cause internal bleeding, acetaminophen is generally considered a safe alternative for people...

Pain Management

Get Inspired in Chicago at NHF’s 63rd Annual Meeting

Chicago, the “city of big shoulders,” will embrace the bleeding disorders community for the National Hemophilia Foundation’s (NHF’s) 63rd Annual...

Community in Action

Western Medicine

In each issue of HemAware , we “ Take 5” with people in the bleeding disorders community and spotlight their...

My Journey

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