Spring 2013
Up Front
NHF Launches My Life, Our Future Genotyping Initiative
As CEO of the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), I can honestly say this news has been decades in the making: the launch ...
To Your Health
How Computer Programs Help Improve Brain Function in HIV Patients
As they get older, patients with HIV can experience fuzzy thinking. They’re slower to process information, have trouble focusing and are often ...
Organ Transplants in HIV-Positive People
Update, 7/29/2013: The Senate bill now has 14 co-sponsors and passed in the Senate on June 17, 2013. On July 15, it ...
Financial Health
Medicaid and Bleeding Disorders
Medicaid has long been regarded as the safety-net health insurance program for low-income individuals and families, seniors and those with disabilities. As ...
NHF in Action
Coming Soon: Bleeding Disorders News on Your iPad
HemAware will soon be available in a new format—in an iPad app. Starting in fall 2013, you will be able to read ...
Facebook Advertising
If you’re a woman between the ages of 18 and 25 who lives in Wisconsin and has a Facebook account, you may ...
Storming the Hill
Telling stories, especially personal ones, can be a powerful way to change the way people think. The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) held ...
Training Tips
The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) provides training for its chapters and other community members to support its programs. As part of that ...
Global Focus
World Hemophilia Day 2013
Every year on April 17, the global bleeding disorders community comes together to mark World Hemophilia Day (WHD). World Hemophilia Day provides ...
Features
Genotyping for Progress
During the past 20 years, advances in hemophilia treatment, including recombinant factor therapy, have allowed people with hemophilia to take greater control ...
Parental Support Groups
In July 2011, a series of contradictory blood tests on their infant son, Ty, played with the emotions of Joni and Neil ...
Physical Therapy and Aquatic Therapy
In the past, people with bleeding disorders have been told to proceed with caution with some types of physical therapy because some ...
On the Move
Walking for Exercise
Walking is one of the simplest and safest exercises. It’s recommended for almost everyone, including people with bleeding disorders. You can do ...
Hemaware Jr.
Bleeding Disorders and Martial Arts
Do you ever pretend you are a karate master?
Sneaking behind the sofa, you spy your enemy—the cat. And then…
Hiiii-yah!
But ...
Women's Health
Preparing Your Daughter for Her First Period
Michigan attorney Mindy Buurma, 36, is the mother of four children under age 10. She has type III von Willebrand disease (VWD), and ...
Spotlight
Bringing the Arts to the Hospital
In each issue of HemAware, we “Take 5” with people in the bleeding disorders community and spotlight their efforts with just ...