Generation Next

The next generation is the future of the inheritable blood and bleeding disorders community! Meet these rising stars.

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Teens Can Manage Their Bleeding Disorders

Kody Schrimshaw’s morning routine is usually the same. The 15-year-old high school freshman, who has severe hemophilia A, wakes up...
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Generation Next
Teen and counselor

Career Decisions for Teens with Bleeding Disorders

As a registered nurse in the cardiovascular intensive care unit at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Allan...
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Generation Next
Adam Wilmers and Gil Ferguson

Hemophilia Look Back

For Mike O’Connor, attending college as a young man with hemophilia in the late 1970s and early 1980s meant forging...
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Generation Next, Adults & Aging
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Health Insurance for Young Adults with Bleeding Disorders

For young adults with bleeding disorders, the subject of health insurance may not seem exciting, but it is important that...
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Generation Next, Insurance
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Connecting Online

“Only connect.”
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Generation Next
Girl considers her future

National Youth Leadership Institute

One has launched the first-ever camp in Mexico for children with bleeding disorders. Another dreams of such a camp in...
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Generation Next
College student with hemophilia

Off to College with a Bleeding Disorder

Rachel Miller, 21, who has von Willebrand disease, attended two years of community college and lived at home before enrolling...
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Generation Next, Family Matters
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