One of my favorite musicals is “Into the Woods,” with a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. One of its roles that I wish I could perform is the Baker, but that’s for another time. In the show, the woods serve as a…

Living with pain is exhausting. However, those living with pain have numerous ways to manage their condition, seeking relief through medication, physical therapy, massage, chiropractic care, and even hypnosis. Knowing the cause of that pain is helpful for doctors and patients as they work to find ways to cope and…

Weekly use of the experimental therapy efanesoctocog alfa maintains therapeutic levels of factor VIII (FVIII) — the missing clotting factor in hemophilia A — and significantly improves physical and joint health, while reducing pain, in adolescents and adults with a severe form of the disease. These are the…

The first three participants in the B-LIEVE trial all have factor IX (FIX) levels within the normal range more than one month after being treated with FLT180a, Freeline’s experimental gene therapy for hemophilia B, according to the company. “The initial data show that FLT180a provides rapid and consistent…

Once-daily preventive treatment with Novo Nordisk’s experimental therapy concizumab significantly reduced bleeding rates in people with both hemophilia A and B with inhibitors, according to new data from the Phase 3 explorer7 trial. In fact, bleeding rates in patients receiving concizumab in trial decreased by more than 85%. Based…

Mim8, an investigational therapy to prevent bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia A, is safe and well-tolerated at multiple doses, according to data from the Phase 1/2 FRONTIER1 trial. The therapy also showed signs of efficacy, with most patients given higher doses experiencing no bleeds during treatment. “We are…

When my oldest son, Julian, expressed an interest in the theater, with hopes of starting a career in musical theater, I smiled and felt I could be an excellent resource for him. After all, I had a reasonably successful career in the business, having done regional…

I consider myself a high-functioning adult. Living with depression, anxiety, and chronic pain brings quite a few challenges, yet I manage to keep moving. Add my son Caeleb’s bleeding disorder, and life can prove interesting. While managing our chronic conditions, I find that I rarely ask for…

Most people with moderate or mild hemophilia A who received preventive treatment with Hemlibra (emicizumab) in the HAVEN 6 clinical trial had no bleeds requiring treatment over a median follow-up of over a year, new data show. The findings were presented at the 30th International Society on Thrombosis and…

I recently came across the idea that people with disabilities (PWDs) should be held to the same standards as everyone else in terms of productivity and output. As a PWD and an entrepreneur, I wanted to understand the thinking behind this. In a social paradigm that upholds fairness as one…