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Featured Story: Federal court rules that the ACA is unconstitutional: Texas v. Azar On Friday, Dec. 14, we learned a federal judge had ruled in the case of Texas v. Azar聽that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional in its entirety. This news has alarmed many. HFA staff posted a number of updates to tell the […]
鈥525,600 minutes鈥525,000 moments so dear.鈥澛 Just like the song from the musical 鈥淩ent,鈥 those 525,600 minutes go so quickly, and you feel as though in a blink of an eye the year is gone. As we see the finish line of another year, I can鈥檛 help but look back at 2018 with mixed emotions. […]
On Liam鈥檚 first day of kindergarten in late August, we brought him to school with a mix of pride, fear, excitement, and tears. Okay, I was the only one who shed the tears, but we were all ready for this big day to arrive.聽 Though I was nervous, I had spent a lot of […]
About a year or so ago, I thought it would be a great idea for HFA to apply to be a Charity Partner for the Marine Corp Marathon in Washington, D.C.聽 When we were selected, I was beyond excited.聽 Running a marathon was on my bucket list.聽 I know, really clich茅, but true.聽 It was […]
This post is written as a special shout-out to my husband; a hemo dad, and all the other caregivers who have patience just like my husband Shane. I鈥檓 pretty lucky to have a husband who is very involved in Maddox鈥檚 infusions. My husband, Shane, gives Maddox his infusions three times a week. As a full-time […]
On June 12,2018, we hosted our 5th Annual Patient Fly-In in Washington, DC聽alongside an online聽Virtual Hill Day. . With that in mind, patient representatives asked Senators and Representatives to protect affordable coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, ensure that insurance plans provide meaningful coverage and an appropriate scope of health benefits; protect people against potentially […]
Every year at Symposium, there is some special moment that defines that year鈥檚 event for me. As we kick off our 2018 event tomorrow, I鈥檓 reflecting back on my favorite memories from the last five years of Symposium: 2013: Frisco, TX (I actually have two favorite memories from this year.) 聽 This picture encapsulates our […]
Some of us love exercise.聽 Some of us (me!) hate it but love it when you鈥檙e done.聽 What do you find to be the hardest part of exercising?聽A lot of times it鈥檚 finding the time.聽As moms we鈥檙e pulled in a thousand different directions all throughout the day.聽 Between jobs, kids, and spouses, there is never […]
I have seen signs for the last few years, but on a cold day just before Christmas, I saw my 14-year-old son not as a little boy, but as a young man. There wasn鈥檛 anything extraordinary happening in the moment. He sat at one end of our sectional couch and I was sitting on the […]
鈥淪o, he鈥檚 still wearing the helmet?鈥 The question, posed by HTC staff at our recent annual visit gave me pause. Yes, my son is almost 5 years old and still wearing his helmet any time his feet are on the floor. I know this is a controversial topic 颅 I鈥檝e seen the comment threads on […]
HFA鈥檚 Research Team gave and received early an holiday gift this year: knowledge. We attended the 59th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Atlanta, Georgia, December 9-12. The unofficial song of the meeting was 鈥淟et it Snow鈥 as that (along with the once standing Georgia Dome) is what was on the […]
It is safe to say that most of hemophilia has been unexpected. Even when you are planning for the unexpected you get another unexpected in its place, sort of a Murphy鈥檚 Law type deal. And yet, I am always finding things about hemophilia that I never expected from our experience. One of the most profound […]
It’s been two months since wildfires ripped through Northern California leaving a path of destruction in Sonoma and Napa counties like I鈥檝e never seen before and leaving a scar on all of our hearts. I got to see firsthand the importance of community and was proud to see our bleeding disorder community come together to […]
Some of the best sessions I have attended at conferences have been rap sessions. These sessions bring together certain sub-groups in the bleeding disorder community and allow them to have open conversations, asking questions and sharing information with each other. At one rap session, many years ago, a mom in the parents rap session, was […]
I get some pretty stunned responses when I tell family and friends that I am grateful for hemophilia.聽 They can鈥檛 understand how it is possible that I can be thankful that my son, Thomas, has unexpected, ill-timed, and painful bleeds.聽 How could anyone find good in dealing with a nonsensical insurance company?聽 Obviously, I could […]
The following is an edited excerpt from a press release from Genentech. To read the press release in full, click here. Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced positive results from the Phase III HAVEN 3 study evaluating Hemlibra聽(emicizumab-kxwh) in adults and adolescents (aged 12 years or older) with hemophilia A without inhibitors to […]
The past six months have been hard. Like hemophilia was managing us instead of us managing hemophilia. I can鈥檛 remember the amount of times I sobbed out of frustration, fear and being powerless to help my son. We are still muddling through and each day is a battle. A battle where it seems like we […]
By offering additional resources and education about the benefits of self-care and exercise for young adults, we hope to inspire a lifetime of healthy choices and habits!聽Our guests on this聽podcast聽are聽Kathryn Clark, a retired dietician, and Eric Burgeson, an active young adult with hemophilia. Kathryn and Eric聽iscuss ways to keep costs low at the grocery store […]
If you look up National Caregiver鈥檚 month on your computer, you will find several items from the Caregivers Action Network (CAN) before anything else. If you look through the stories, tips and suggestions you will see that most of them relate to adult children caring for parents. You can find the 2016 proclamation from President […]
I lost my job on a Monday. The following Tuesday, I was making the hour-long trek to our HTC for bi-monthly prophy for my 15 month old son, Ben. I had a lot of time to think about what had just happened, what in the world I was going to do, and where to go […]
By offering additional resources and education about the benefits of self-care and exercise for young adults, we hope to inspire a lifetime of healthy choices and habits!聽Our guest on this聽podcast is James DeFilippi, a triathlete who tells us everything that goes into his training, from his training regimen to the technology he uses to work […]
Note: The following is the full text of an email communication received by HFA from Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals: Bayer in consultation with the FDA has voluntarily recalled approximately 300 vials (part of one lot) of Kogenate庐 FS, Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant) in the U.S. as聽an excipient, used to stabilize the product during manufacturing, may not conform […]
It’s hard to envision what life is going to look like for my little Maddox when he enters preschool or elementary school in a few years. Right now I focus on the moment and each day as Maddox gets older. He had his first birthday last week and off he went. He took his first […]
For many of us, the biggest challenge to getting physical activity is just putting our minds to it. We all know how easy it is to talk ourselves out of something 鈥 and exercise is no exception. There are tons of ways we can keep our bodies healthy and active, so it doesn鈥檛 need to […]
Do you know those moments when you think, 鈥渁ll is right in our lives today?鈥 We have had a few of those moments recently. We had a horribly tough year in 2016. It just seemed that whichever way we looked, something rough was happening to us or our extended family members. 2017 has been a […]
Todos los a帽os celebramos el mes de la hispanidad en Estados Unidos (Hispanic Heritage Month en ingl茅s). El mes de la hispanidad comienza en 15 de septiembre y termina en 15 de octubre. Este mes es para celebrar las tradiciones, celebramos la cultura y todos los logros de los hispanos de este pa铆s. Los hispanos […]
Your access to healthcare is at risk. The Senate is currently considering another bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sponsored by Sens. Cassidy and Graham. Congress only has until September 30th to act on this measure. We must work together to defeat this bill. Why should you take action? The Graham-Cassidy聽legislation would harm […]
When I hear the word “pain” I immediately relate. 聽We all know pain and its many forms. But do we know how to move past the physical hurt and the emotional guilt? 聽The reality of our world is that pain is a part of life – we can dwell in suffering or we can […]
The holidays are right around the corner. Ask any mom of a child with hemophilia and we will all attest to the same thing 鈥 with holidays come bleeds! There is no medical explanation for this crazy phenomenon, but sure seems true for many. For us, it always started with Halloween and lasted until the […]
Even though Men鈥檚 Health Month was in June, we can always take steps towards a healthier lifestyle no matter what time of year it is. In general, men experience poorer health and die younger than women in the U.S., according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The points below are important for all […]
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