An excellent sitcom in the late 1970s and early ’80s featured the character Herb Tarlek, played by Frank Bonner. Fans of “WKRP in Cincinnati” will remember how Tarlek, a sales manager, would do anything necessary to secure advertising for his radio station, such as soliciting ads from outrageous…

Special care is needed to manage pregnancy and childbirth for women who have or are carriers of hemophilia, yet many hemophilia treatment centers in Italy don’t have a specific protocol in place for this type of management. Indeed, fewer than 1 in 5 centers in the European nation were…

Psychological distress triggers microscopic changes in regions of hemophiliac children’s brains that deal with emotions and cognition — and the changes show up before abnormal results on neuropsychiatric tests, researchers discovered. The team said larger studies are needed to confirm the links they found between brain changes, the stage of the…

Last Sunday, I preached about the idea of faith and how it informs our lives as we look toward the future. I drew from scripture to define my terms when speaking about the meaning of faith. According to the text, “Faith is the reality of what we hope for, the…

I do love Thanksgiving season. Families gather, food is shared, and quality time is priceless. But not everyone enjoys the holidays. In them, we’re encouraged to live a life filled with thanks, a life of thanksliving. Ugh. Yes, it’s a nice thought, but sometimes it’s enough to distract…

Recently, our microwave broke beyond repair, and it made me realize how much we rely on certain appliances to make life easier. In a household where hemophilia is a part of daily life, convenience isn’t just about comfort. It’s about minimizing physical strain and reducing risks. Many household chores…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Expression Therapeutics‘ request to open a Phase 1 trial of ET3, an investigational gene therapy for people with hemophilia A. The decision followed a review of the company’s investigational new drug application (IND) requesting clearance of ET3…

After I had spent a few days lobbying legislators in Washington, D.C., my youngest son, Caeleb, joined me for some much-needed time together. I met him at the airport to start our madcap adventures. He was in a wheelchair due to chronic pain from numerous spontaneous bleeding…

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) announced the successful enrollment of the first hemophilia A patient in the company’s ReITIrate clinical trial. The Phase 4 study (NCT03103542), sponsored in collaboration with Bioverativ Therapeutics, is actively recruiting participants who have developed inhibitors and who have failed to respond to other therapies. Researchers will…