Alternative Treatments

Alternative Treatments

What's fact or fiction when it comes to alternative treatments for inheritable blood or bleeding disorders? Get clarity in this HemAware section.

What alternatives are there for Stimate Nasal Spray? That’s a question many people in the bleeding disorders community have been...
Easy bruising is one of the most common and frequent symptoms of hemophilia. After all, a bruise occurs when an...
What are the risks and benefits for people with bleeding disorders?
Music can do more than lift your spirits. It can help ease pain.
If you have a bleeding disorder and you feel achy, you might crave the comforting relief of a massage. But...
In 2014, nearly 125,000 Americans awaited a kidney transplant; about one-fifth received one. That’s why the Organ Procurement and Transplantation...
As more people look for ways to warm up at home during the cold months, it’s a good time for...
Fatigue is the best pillow, said Benjamin Franklin. But pain is not. Pain ruins a good night’s sleep and causes...
Eric Lowe, 31, needed knee replacement surgery 10 years ago. The small-business owner from Noblesville, ­Indiana, has severe hemophilia A...
Needle pokes are a way of life for many patients with hemophilia, so the thought of paying a professional to...
Jacob Walker was curled up in bed, holding his abdomen. “I get blood clots the same way some people get...
Traditional medicine has made some giant strides in treating hemophilia. Yet for a variety of reasons, some patients choose to...
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