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African Outreach

Cecilia Wambui Mwangi, of Nairobi, Kenya, understands the misperceptions and challenges of obtaining accurate information and treatment for people with...

Global Focus

Inhibitor Invasion

Hark! Who goes there? If it’s a nasty bug, your body is ready to attack. Your body is a fortress...

HemAware Junior

Woman upset on bed with man's back turned away from her

Sex Talk

Discussing intimacy issues when you're a woman with a bleeding disorder.

Von Willebrand Disease, Women's Bleeding Disorders

Faithful Servant

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

My Journey

Iron Man

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

HIV, Fitness & Nutrition, My Journey

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...

Generation Next

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