Search Stories | HemAware

Annual Meeting Highlights

The bleeding disorders community is a diverse one: There are parents startled by the diagnosis of an unexpected disorder in...

Advocacy

Hey, Sleepyhead

A good night’s sleep gives your body rest and stores up energy for the next day.

HemAware Junior

A Family Affair

Isaac Orrante, 11, from Columbus, Ohio, and his parents talk about about his love for ballet.

My Journey

The Family Camp Experience

My first bleeding disorders conference was the North American Camping Conference for Hemophilia Organizations (NACCHO). Through NACCHO, I discovered how...

Family Matters

Contact Care

Contact lenses are comfortable and convenient. But they require special care. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and...

Mind & Body

Women and Medications

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is replacing its previous A-X system of rating the risk of prescription drugs...

Women's Health

Sweet Site

If you’re looking for a sweet website, you might want to visit this one: sugarscience.org. It was launched by health...

Fitness & Nutrition

Cholesterol Quiz

Cholesterol continues to occupy headlines. With 1 out of 5 American adults diagnosed with high cholesterol, new guidelines are helping...

Adults & Aging

Kidney Transplant Changes

In 2014, nearly 125,000 Americans awaited a kidney transplant; about one-fifth received one. That’s why the Organ Procurement and Transplantation...

Alternative Treatments

Osteoporosis-related Hospitalizations

The number one cause of hospitalizations for women is not breast cancer, stroke or heart attack—it’s fractures caused by osteoporosis...

Women's Health

You Booze, You Lose

In its 2014 World Cancer Report, the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded that there is no safe level of alcohol...

Mind & Body, Taking Charge

Depression Detector

A key region of the brain thought to be involved with emotion is smaller in preschoolers who were previously diagnosed...

Family Matters