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More Doors Open for HIV Survivors

In 1987, when people found out Shawn Decker was HIV-positive, he was shunned. School administrators quietly ushered the 11-year-old out...

HIV

What a Pain!

Ever dropped something on your toe? Woken up with a sore throat? Or burnt your fingers on hot pizza? If...

HemAware Junior

Young Women Carry the Flag

Lilliam Bervis’s first period lasted a month. She gets nosebleeds when she spends too much time in the sun. She...

Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Bleeding Disorders

Using a calculator to add up medical expenses

Managing Medical Costs in a Down Economy

This article addresses issues that primarily affect individuals with commercial (private) health insurance. We are facing tough economic times. Job...

Insurance

Awareness 101

In each issue of HemAware, we “Take 5” with people in the bleeding disorders community and spotlight their efforts with...

Advocacy, My Journey

Parents Are Partners

All marriages come with challenges—especially once children enter the picture. When a child has a bleeding disorder, those challenges can...

Family Matters

Love and Support Can Help Provide Chronic Pain Relief

Phillip Fletcher has seen firsthand how pain can tear a family apart. He’s convinced the pain he has suffered his...

Family Matters

Snack Attack

School days are here again, and you need to fuel your brain with important lessons and fun information. But what...

HemAware Junior

Educating Gynecologists

The first time doctors told Sherri Revard that she couldn’t have a bleeding disorder because she was a girl, she...

Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Bleeding Disorders

Camp: India

Perseus Patel is an 18-year-old pre-med student at UCLA. He has hemophilia A and lives in Hercules, California. Talk about...

Global Focus, My Journey

Genetic Differences Influence Inhibitor Development

Researchers have known for years that certain factors, including genetics, increase the likelihood of inhibitor development. Now they have preliminary...

Hemophilia A&B

How to Talk to Your Doctor

Twenty-three seconds. That’s the time it took for Jesse Owens to break the world record in the 220-yard low hurdles...

Taking Charge