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Caring for the Caregiver

Any form of extended caregiving can be taxing. That’s why it’s important for caregivers—and especially ones with a bleeding disorder—to...

Adults & Aging

Hemophilia Summer Camps

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Family Matters

Pain Medication Safety

Many women with bleeding disorders deal with pain, and it’s not easy to handle. Heather Mary Doherty, 47, knows that...

Women's Bleeding Disorders, Pain Management

HIV Under Control

Now that some people have been living with the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) for decades, a unique phenomenon is...

HIV

Joey Smiles at the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg.

Voices for Change in the Bleeding Disorders Community

Joey Smiles: A Perfect Match When Joey Smiles, 44, was growing up in the 1980s and ’90s, treatment for hemophilia...

Advocacy, Community in Action

PROBE-ıng Patients with Hemophilia

The goal of the study is to collect useful data that can improve lives.

Hemophilia A&B

Progress in Chronic Pain Management for People with Bleeding Disorders

Donovan Guerrero doesn’t know where he’d be today without physical therapy, but he knows pain would be a much bigger...

Pain Management

Nueva Network

In each issue of HemAware , we take a look at how NHF chapters and associations are making a difference...

Chapter Roundup

NIH Appoints Director of the Division of Blood Diseases and Resources

The appearance of HIV/ AIDS in the bleeding disorders community was the defining moment in the life of W. Keith...

Community in Action, Researcher Profiles

A Fond Farewell to Four Veteran Chapter Directors

The National Hemophilia Foundation’s network of chapters plays an immensely important role in the bleeding disorders community. Chapters provide programs...

Chapter Roundup

Updated NHF Guidelines Aim to Improve Emergency Care

In September 2017, the National Hemophilia Foundation’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Council (MASAC) adopted updated guidelines for the treatment of...

NBDF in Action

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...

HIV, Surgery & Transplants