Adults & Aging

Aging with an inheritable blood or bleeding disorder can be challenging. Get tips for what to expect and how to deal here.

The American Heart Association (AHA) wants all Americans to know the warning signs of cardiac arrest and heart attacks. Familiarize...
Despite the commercials on TV, osteoporosis—a disease characterized by weak, brittle bones—doesn’t just occur in older women. When Joe Nozemack...
As they get older, patients with HIV can experience fuzzy thinking. They’re slower to process information, have trouble focusing and...
As baby boomers age, they’ll not only face arthritis, but the possibility of another “itis” with even greater consequence—hepatitis. In...
Ryanne Radford had been getting an annual Pap test for about eight years without any complications. But after a Pap...
Thanks to comprehensive care at hemophilia treatment centers (HTCs), improved safety of clotting factor concentrates and effective treatments for hepatitis...
Growing older with hemophilia can feel less like the golden age and more like the rust years. Stiff joints, heart...
A select group of hemophilia community leaders visited the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) national offices in New York City in...
“Iron-poor blood” sounds like an old-fashioned ailment, but it’s not. It’s still the most common 21st-century cause of a condition...
Dave Meuleman, a materials engineer in his 50s from Canton, Michigan, stepped outside his comfort zone when he sat down...
For Mike O’Connor, attending college as a young man with hemophilia in the late 1970s and early 1980s meant forging...
Better treatments and comprehensive care provided at hemophilia treatment centers (HTCs) during the past 35 years mean people with hemophilia...
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