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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, 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: 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

View of the Petronas Twin Towers from inside the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

Looking Ahead to the WFH 2020 World Congress

Excitement is already building for the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) 2020 World Congress, which will take place at the...

Global Focus

Older couple walking on boardwalk through grassland

Make the Right Move

When Mark Deneen, 70, retired in 2010, he felt he needed to move somewhere warm. His place of residence—cold, damp...

Adults & Aging

Teen girl looking at smartphone in a room with window open.

Bullying Goes High-Tech

Bullying has moved beyond the schoolyard to the digital playground. Cyberbullying, the use of technology to threaten, intimidate, harass, embarrass...

Family Matters

Yes, Dogs Can Have VWD, Too!

The most common bleeding disorder in people is also the most common one in dogs.

Von Willebrand Disease

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