Fall 2013
Up Front
United in Progress
The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) is excited to welcome the bleeding disorders community to its 65th Annual Meeting October 3–5 in beautiful ...
To Your Health
Preventing Infections in Infusion Devices
Hitchhiking bugs and bacteria are all around us, just waiting for a lift. Some settle on the surface of skin, others on ...
Verify Your Vaccines
Many adults get their annual flu shot, unaware that it’s not the only vaccine they need. Immunizations you got as a child ...
Financial Health
Preparing for Healthcare Reform
As key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) go into effect in 2014, people in the bleeding disorders community with and ...
NHF in Action
Inhibitor Connections
For some parents of children who have hemophilia with inhibitors, the National Hemophilia Foundation’s (NHF’s) Inhibitor Education Summits offer something they rarely ...
Riding High
Jennifer Chun found very little community support for families of people with bleeding disorders in Oahu, Hawaii, when her son, Kenji, now ...
Soiree Shines on the Hudson
With the Hudson River glimmering in the background, the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) welcomed more than 230 people to its third annual ...
Global Focus
WFH 2014 World Congress Heads to Australia
The World Federation of Hemophilia’s (WFH’s) 2014 World Congress, the largest international meeting dedicated to hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, rare factor deficiencies and ...
Features
Body Piercings and Bleeding Disorders
Editor's Note: This is part 1 of a two-part series focusing on body art. Check out part 2 on tattoos.
The ...
Connecting in California
California is the place you want to be this year, as the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) hosts its 65th Annual Meeting, “United ...
Healthier Fast Food Choices
Eyebrows no longer automatically rise when the words “healthy” and “fast food” appear side by side. With new menu items such as ...
Hemophilia Humor
If the name Alex Borstein doesn’t sound familiar, maybe these do—Ms. Swan from FOX’s MADtv and Lois Griffin from FOX’s Family Guy ...
Package Deal
Update, November 2014: The St. Jude/UCL gene therapy trial now has data from all 10 participants, to be published in the New ...
Tattoos and Bleeding Disorders
Editor's Note: This is part 2 of a two-part series on body art. Check out part 1 on body piercings.
Tattoos ...
On the Move
Building Your Own Wellness Program
As an increasing number of companies take an active role in their employees’ health, many do it through wellness programs that encourage ...
Hemaware Jr.
On the Road Again
Planes, trains, cars and vans—there are lots of ways to travel these days! And all the things that keep you healthy and ...
Women's Health
Pregnancy Planning for Carriers
Susan Willats, 55, grew up seeing her older brother struggle with severe hemophilia A. “It was before home treatment,” says the Santa ...
Spotlight
No Beef
In each issue of HemAware, we “Take 5” with people in the bleeding disorders community and spotlight their efforts with just ...