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Bleeding Disorders and Your Online Family Health Portrait

For this family portrait, you don’t even need a camera. All you need is a computer and some health history...

When Michael Schultz was 10 years old, his parents put him in charge of self-infusions to manage his moderate hemophilia...

Hemophilia A&B, Taking Charge

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recommendation in July 2009 that makers of plasma-derived products, which include...

Blood Safety

Learn more in this issue's cover article, " What's Your Genotype?"

Hemophilia A&B

“PF Flyers make you run faster and jump higher,” boasted an old advertisement for Keds ® sneakers. Turns out those...

Hemophilia A&B, Fitness & Nutrition

In late 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two new medications of interest to the bleeding disorders...

While national healthcare reform passed in March, implementing it will occur in stages. The legislation is detailed and has many...

Advocacy, Insurance

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

Advocacy, Chapter Roundup

“Missense” and “nonsense” make sense at the molecular level. These are genetic mutations that cause hemophilia. Knowing your genotype, or...

Hemophilia A&B, Carriers

A child and his mother travel for a week by bus in Peru to visit a treatment center. A young...

Global Focus

Getting fit should shrink your waist, not your wallet. Commercial gyms and fancy equipment are fine if you can afford...

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