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Dealing With Braces and Wisdom Teeth With a Bleeding Disorder

Smile Bright

When Terri-Lynn Hoskins was 5 years old, she lost her first tooth and bled for three hours. Because her father...

Inherited Platelet Disorders

When certified nursing assistant Julie Seminara injured herself while moving a nursing home patient back in 2001, her problems seemed...

Rare Bleeding Disorders

Off to the Races

HemAware “Takes 5” with people in the bleeding disorders community and spotlights their efforts with just five questions. Here, we...

My Journey

Open Wide

Jonathan Seaman, 7, was 3 ½ years old when his tonsils and adenoids started acting up. Monthly throat infections, including...

Family Matters

Think Again

When Jaycee McCain, 22, started meditating in the summer of 2010, the arthritis in his ankles and wrists, and the...

Pain Management

Choices for Couples With Bleeding Disorders

For years, Wayne Cook III thought he was the only child in his family to escape a bleeding disorder. One...

Women's Health, Carriers

Researcher Support Critical to New Drug Development

The bleeding disorders community is in a unique period of drug development. Almost every pharmaceutical company currently producing factor products...

Researcher Profiles, Advocacy

Fight the Flu

If you didn’t get a flu shot last fall, it’s not too late. Although the Centers for Disease Control and...

Family Matters

von Willebrand Chain Reaction

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that von Willebrand factor (VWF), which helps the...

Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Health, Women's Bleeding Disorders

Twenty dollar bill rolled in prescription bottle next to stethoscope

Insurance and Healthcare Outlook for 2012

The US healthcare system is challenged by high costs during this tough economic period. Decisions about how to rein in...

Advocacy, Insurance, Family Matters

Rendezvous in Paris

The City of Light beckons the bleeding disorders community as the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) hosts its World Congress...

Global Focus, Global Focus

Walks Gain Ground

With exotic bird cries filling the air, more than 600 participants in the Florida Hemophilia Association (FHA) Walk meandered down...

Fitness & Nutrition, Chapter Roundup, Community in Action