Summer 2013
Up Front
Research Progress Helps Entire Community
Cryoprecipitate. Long-acting factor concentrates. Gene therapy trials. These are just a few of the incredible clinical advances from the past 50 years ...
To Your Health
Codeine and Kids
Surgical removal of adenoids and tonsils in kids with sleep apnea is often accompanied by a prescription for codeine to relieve the ...
Grapefruit Juice and Drugs Don’t Mix
That tart and tangy glass of grapefruit juice looks like the perfect way to down your morning medication. After all, it has ...
Financial Health
Your Money and the ACA
People with bleeding disorders have long faced high medical bills and challenges in getting and maintaining health insurance coverage. The continued implementation ...
NHF in Action
A Sporting Chance
A horde of fit athletes will gather September 7–8 on the banks of Canandaigua Lake in upstate New York to swim, bike ...
Annual Meeting Heads to California
California, here we come! NHF’s 65th Annual Meeting will take place in sunny Anaheim, California, on October 3–5, offering three days of ...
Lead On
Members of the National Hemophilia Foundation’s (NHF’s) National Youth Leadership Institute (NYLI) learned valuable leadership skills during a training program in New ...
Global Focus
A Global Effort to Reach Women
When representatives of the Federación de Hemofilia de la República Mexicana (Hemophilia Federation of the Republic of Mexico) explored reaching out to ...
Features
Banding Together for Hemophilia Research
Research into treatments and cures for hemophilia takes place in laboratories all over the country. So it’s no wonder that funding for ...
Osteoporosis in Men with Hemophilia
Despite the commercials on TV, osteoporosis—a disease characterized by weak, brittle bones—doesn’t just occur in older women. When Joe Nozemack, a publisher ...
On the Move
Kickball and Bleeding Disorders
Kickball may be a summer camp and schoolyard favorite, but it’s a sport that’s drawing adults, too. Played at recess, in weekend ...
Hemaware Jr.
Water Park Safety
There’s nothing better on a hot summer day than cool water, slippery slides and floating around with your friends. Water parks can ...
Women's Health
Art Therapy for Bleeding Disorders
Sarah Watson, MA, a Limited Licensed Professional Counselor (LLPC), was 12 years old when her paternal grandfather passed away. She vividly remembers ...
Spotlight
Fit for Competition
In each issue of HemAware, we “Take 5” with people in the bleeding disorders community and spotlight their efforts with just ...