Family Matters

Water Park Safety

There’s nothing better on a hot summer day than cool water, slippery slides and floating around with your friends. Water...

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Surgical removal of adenoids and tonsils in kids with sleep apnea is often accompanied by a prescription for codeine to...

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Kids with bleeding disorders need routine physical activity, but how do you pick which ones are safe?

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Editor's Note: This is part 1 of a two-part series focusing on body art. Check out part 2 on tattoos...

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Michigan attorney Mindy Buurma, 36, is the mother of four children under age 10. She has type III von Willebrand...

Family Matters, Women's Bleeding Disorders

In July 2011, a series of contradictory blood tests on their infant son, Ty, played with the emotions of Joni...

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Snow means winter funtime . You can make snow angels, build snowmen and go sledding. But, if you’re not careful...

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In the past decade, research has shown that people with hemophilia are just as prone to heart conditions as the...

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When it comes to drugs, children are not smaller versions of adults. That’s why rigorous testing of medications need to...

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A mother’s intuition can lead to the diagnosis of an inhibitor, an antibody to infused factor product concentrate. For Amanda...

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Growing up with a bleeding disorder means you’ve got to know how to take care of yourself when it matters...

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Kim McLaughlin knew that her daughter, Megan, 12, could get hurt like any other child at school, perhaps in gym...

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