Bleeding Disorders A-Z

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Genotyping for Progress

During the past 20 years, advances in hemophilia treatment, including recombinant factor therapy, have allowed people with hemophilia to take...

Novel Technologies, Hemophilia A&B

Organ Transplants in HIV-Positive People

Update, 7/29/2013: The Senate bill now has 14 co-sponsors and passed in the Senate on June 17, 2013. On July...

HIV, Surgery & Transplants

Computer program helps HIV patients improve brain function

How Computer Programs Help Improve Brain Function in HIV Patients

As they get older, patients with HIV can experience fuzzy thinking. They’re slower to process information, have trouble focusing and...

Adults & Aging, HIV

NHF Launches My Life, Our Future Genotyping Initiative

As CEO of the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), I can honestly say this news has been decades in the making...

Research & Treatment, Hemophilia A&B

Probing Gene Therapy

Editor’s Note: This article was funded through an educational grant from Novo Nordisk.

Research & Treatment, Hemophilia A&B

How Modern Medicine Has Tackled HIV

Update, August 2013: The FDA approved Tivicay® (dolutegravir), manufactured by ViiV Healthcare, a GlaxoSmithKline company. Tivicay is an integrase strand...

HIV, Novel Technologies

Hepatitis C Update

As baby boomers age, they’ll not only face arthritis, but the possibility of another “itis” with even greater consequence—hepatitis. In...

Adults & Aging, Research & Treatment, Hepatitis C

Sea Change

Update, October 22, 2015: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that AbbVie’s Viekira Pak ® and...

Novel Technologies, Hepatitis C

Researchers Discover HIV Variant Linked to Dementia

An October 2011 study revealed a novel characteristic of HIV—it can replicate, or make new copies of itself in macrophages...

Research & Treatment, HIV

New Hepatitis C Drugs Mark Major Advancement

The release of two new oral medications, Incivek TM and Victrelis TM, in May 2011 marks another significant advance in...

Novel Technologies, Hepatitis C

Treatment Breakthroughs

The marketing terms “new and improved” and “longer lasting” are not limited to the latest brand of chewing gum. They...

Novel Technologies, Hemophilia A&B, Rare Bleeding Disorders, Von Willebrand Disease

von Willebrand Chain Reaction

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that von Willebrand factor (VWF), which helps the...

Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Health, Women's Bleeding Disorders