Early-Onset Alzheimer’s: Holding Out Hope

If you think Alzheimer’s disease affects only the very elderly, think again. Early-onset Alzheimer’s can strike in midlife, with devastating consequences. But hope is on the horizon.

A New Kind of Normal

For patients like Curtis Pease who depend on immune globulin infusions, finding the right infusion setting can help streamline treatment and improve quality of life.

An Inherited Disorder: Von Willebrand Disease

Living with a rare bleeding disorder, Jennifer Wakefield has found meaning and purpose helping others cope with chronic illness.

It Couldn’t Happen to Me

For many, the 2009 H1N1 pandemic is just headline news. But when become a statistic, vaccine compliance hits much closer to home.

Thriving with Hemophilia

Andy Matthews and David Ohlson face the challenges of severe hemophilia head on. As a result, they’ve learned to thrive, not just survive, with a debilitating disease. Their mission? To help others do the same.

Influenza: Nothing to Sneeze At

For many, seasonal flu signifies aches, pains and fever, plus a few missed days at work or school. But for approximately 36,000 Americans each year, influenza is a serious, fatal, yet preventable disease that claims victims of all ages.

When the Laughter Dies: Meningococcal Meningitis

Following the tragic loss of their son, the Knutter family copes by spreading the word about meningococcal meningitis in hopes of boosting awareness and vaccination rates.