Insurance and Healthcare Outlook for 2012 The US healthcare system is challenged by high costs during this tough economic period. Decisions about how to rein in... Read More Advocacy, Insurance, Family Matters Fight the Flu If you didn’t get a flu shot last fall, it’s not too late. Although the Centers for Disease Control and... Read More Family Matters Open Wide Jonathan Seaman, 7, was 3 ½ years old when his tonsils and adenoids started acting up. Monthly throat infections, including... Read More Family Matters Smile Bright When Terri-Lynn Hoskins was 5 years old, she lost her first tooth and bled for three hours. Because her father... Read More Generation Next Single Parent Support If you are of a certain age, you might remember the TV shows The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The Partridge... Read More Family Matters Not Alone Alicia Unger is awake by 6:30 a.m. every day. She has only an hour or two to squeeze in a... Read More Hemophilia A&B, Family Matters Measuring Matters The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) took actions in May 2011 that will... Read More Family Matters Inhibitor Invasion Hark! Who goes there? If it’s a nasty bug, your body is ready to attack. Your body is a fortress... Read More HemAware Junior Verdict? Not Guilty Treasa Chidester, 36, a nurse and attorney in Washington, DC, has known since childhood that she is a hemophilia carrier... Read More Family Matters Keeping the Faith When Staci Lowe’s younger son, Austin, 4, was 18 months old, a suspected stomach virus sapped his strength, landing him... Read More Family Matters Bringing Up Baby When Robin Bratton met her future husband, Val D. Bias, in the 1990s, she was impressed by his kindness and... Read More Family Matters Immunizations and Hemophilia Children and adults with bleeding disorders can and should receive the recommended immunizations for their age group. These vaccinations are... Read More Family Matters Load More
