Fall 2015
Healthy Bites
Check Your Smoke Detectors
Alarming your home with smoke detectors is a life-saving measure. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) attributes two-thirds of fire deaths to ...
Chronic Fatigue Can Harm Your Health
A study of 35,000 Finnish people, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, showed that chronic sleep loss can cause poor ...
Controlling Surgical Bleeding Better
In April 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Raplixa™, the first spray-dried fibrin sealant, to control surgical bleeding. It ...
Healthier Hips
Although knees, ankles and elbows are the top three joints for chronic bleeds, hips can also take a hit. As men with ...
Swapping Your Stinky Shoes
That favorite pair of broken-in running or walking shoes may actually be broken down. A mere 300–500 hours of running, walking, dancing ...
Taming the Fast Food Tiger
Cruising through the drive-thru en route to piano lessons or soccer practice doesn’t have to be a feeding frenzy of unhealthy foods ...
Up Front
Support for Local Chapters
I have been the executive director of the Virginia Hemophilia Foundation (VHF) for nearly 10 years. It has been tremendously rewarding as ...
NHF in Action
NHF’s 2015 Annual Meeting
NHF’s Opening Session at the 67th Annual Meeting in Dallas kicked off with a video showing iconic images of Texas—oil rigs and ...
Partnering for Knowledge
Hemophilia Treatment and Bleed Prevention includes three educational activities on hemophilia A or B, with individual segments designed specifically for new parents ...
Features
Reaching Out to Local Chapters
Running a local chapter for the bleeding disorders community is no easy task. Most of the National Hemophilia Foundation’s (NHF’s) 51 chapters ...
Scans in Demand
Ah, that oh-so-familiar scenario: Your ankle is tingly, feels warm to the touch and hurts. It’s a joint bleed—or is it? “These ...
The World Federation of Hemophilia Changes Lives
When the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) announced that a donation of 500 million units of factor had been made to the ...
On the Move
Gearing Up for a Family Spin
Biking gets you around, gets you in shape and gets you active with the whole family. It boosts your cardiovascular health by ...
Hemaware Jr.
5 Moving Tips Just for Kids
Moving to a new home, community and school can be hard, but also exciting.Women's Health
Prioritizing Balance: It Starts With You
Multitasking has become a fact of life, thanks in great part to the blessing and curse of technology. Text messages, emails and ...
Spotlight
Sled Hockey Puts Hemophilia on Ice
In each issue of HemAware, we spotlight people in the bleeding disorders community. Here, we talk with Justin McClanahan, a 29-year-old ...
Family Matters
Getting Ready for a Move
Relocating can cause both excitement and angst for your entire family. And when your child has a bleeding disorder, you have even ...
Generation Next
Spotlight on NYLI
Carson Ouellette, 23, applied to the National Hemophilia Foundation’s (NHF’s) National Youth Leadership Institute (NYLI) when he was a college sophomore. Now ...
Prime Time
Building Your Retirement
During retirement, you may yearn to travel the globe by plane or across the country in an RV. Or perhaps your wishes ...
In the Pipeline
