Family Matters

Family support is critical to anyone living with an inheritable blood or bleeding disorder. Hear from families like yours in this section of HemAware.

For years, allergists have warned parents of susceptible children to avoid peanuts. Further, during the past 10 years, peanut allergies...
Although snails carry their houses on their backs, children shouldn’t. These days, backpacks serve as a catch-all for school supplies...
The blended family is here to stay. According to US Census data, in 2009 nearly 12 million children, or 16%...
Caprice Sauter and her husband, Joe, knew there was a chance that the child she was carrying could have severe...
A key region of the brain thought to be involved with emotion is smaller in preschoolers who were previously diagnosed...
My first bleeding disorders conference was the North American Camping Conference for Hemophilia Organizations (NACCHO­). Through NACCHO, I discovered how...
Stress. No one wants it, but everyone has it. And when you add a chronic illness like a bleeding disorder...
Blueberry cobbler and chocolate peppermint flavors entice children to try something that could be hazardous to their health—electronic cigarettes. The...
Deciding if you should leave your child home alone can be difficult—nerve-wracking even. But it’s a choice that many parents...
Actor and comedian Robin Williams’ suicide in August helped shine a much-needed spotlight on the prevalence of depression and other...
Kyle Brown is fortunate that his hemophilia treatment center (HTC) kept ordering his medications. Ideally, his prophylaxis supply should have...
Most teenagers don’t share a piano bench with Elton John during a concert. Or drive a red Mustang, a gift...
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