Family Matters

Ear Tubes for Children With Bleeding Disorders

Fever. Fussiness. Feeling of fullness in the ear. Ear infections can cause pain and problems for children. While most acute...

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A doctor who wrestles with the guilt of infecting patients with HIV, and a survivor who overcame his anger to...

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Elbows. Knees. Ankles. All those bendy, bony parts of your body let you run, jump and skip. And sometimes it’s...

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After Jonathan Seaman began missing day after day of first grade because of inhibitor complications and hospital stays, his teacher...

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The US healthcare system is challenged by high costs during this tough economic period. Decisions about how to rein in...

Advocacy, Insurance, Family Matters

If you didn’t get a flu shot last fall, it’s not too late. Although the Centers for Disease Control and...

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Jonathan Seaman, 7, was 3 ½ years old when his tonsils and adenoids started acting up. Monthly throat infections, including...

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If you are of a certain age, you might remember the TV shows The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The Partridge...

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Alicia Unger is awake by 6:30 a.m. every day. She has only an hour or two to squeeze in a...

Hemophilia A&B, Family Matters

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) took actions in May 2011 that will...

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Treasa Chidester, 36, a nurse and attorney in Washington, DC, has known since childhood that she is a hemophilia carrier...

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When Staci Lowe’s younger son, Austin, 4, was 18 months old, a suspected stomach virus sapped his strength, landing him...

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