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How to Help Children Cope with their Siblings’ Bleeding Disorder

“I wish I had hemophilia.” A statement like that may sound startling, but it’s not unusual for brothers and sisters...

Family Matters, Family Matters

Unifying Gifts

Contrary to popular belief, men do like to talk. It turns out that men in the bleeding disorders community have...

Community in Action

The State of Healthcare Reform

See also: NHF Community Meets with Congress.

Advocacy

Hypnosis for Pain Management

Jacob Walker was curled up in bed, holding his abdomen. “I get blood clots the same way some people get...

Pain Management, Alternative Treatments

Parents of Newly Diagnosed Children Receive Help From Support Groups

Parental Support Groups

In July 2011, a series of contradictory blood tests on their infant son, Ty, played with the emotions of Joni...

Family Matters

Kidney Stone Solutions

It may be small, but it can bring a Navy SEAL to his knees. With its spasms of pain, a...

Taking Charge, Fitness & Nutrition

Black Women with Bleeding Disorders Are Striving to Be Seen and Heard

Ronia Cole, 52, of Redford Township, Michigan, has lived with a bleeding disorder since she was a toddler. “I’d take...

Community in Action

Five Judith Graham Pool Postdoctoral Research Fellowship awardees.

NHF Fellowship: 50 Years of Insights, Innovation, and Breakthroughs

In 1972, the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) introduced the Judith Graham Pool Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, named after the legendary researcher...

NBDF in Action

Bruising Happens

Update, March 2013: The American Academy of Pediatrics published a clinical report, " Evaluation for Bleeding Disorders in Suspected Child...

Family Matters

The Virtues of Vaccination

Update: In May 2011, the FDA approved GlaxoSmithKline’s Twinrix®, a vaccine against hepatitis A and B viruses, for people 18...

Taking Charge

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

Think Again

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

Pain Management