Veins, verse and voices: How poetry helped Local families with bleeding disorders be heard
The first in a special Haemcast series in collaboration with Local families with bleeding disorders, exploring aspects of family life.In this episode, members of Local families with bleeding disorders...
5 Mars 34min
Banana sap, mangos and factor IX — a Ugandan haemophilia B journey
Morris Okello lives in Northern Uganda. In this episode of Haemcast, he tells Dr Kate about the childhood experiences that eventually led to him being diagnosed with haemophilia B. As well as describi...
9 Okt 202525min
Quality of life in the balance: Helen Tate on living with Factor V deficiency
Dance teacher and Haemophilia Society trustee Helen Tate talks with Haemnet's Dr Kate Khair about living with Factor V deficiency, a rare bleeding disorder that affects around one in a million people....
21 Aug 202522min
Looking back on Terence's life: Haemophilia then and now, with Kate Khair
Following our six-part mini-series 'Reflections on a life with severe haemophilia', with Terence O'Rourke, Haemnet's Dr Kate Khair considers some of the things that have changed in haemophilia care du...
30 Juli 202518min
Reflections on a life with severe haemophilia. Part 5: Treatment impacts, life changes and hepatitis C
In part 5 of Terence O'Rourke's story, he again reflects on his working life and how this was impacted by both his haemophilia and its treatment.He discusses his approach to and choices about treatmen...
12 Juni 202513min
Reflections on a life with severe haemophilia. Part 4: The arrival of Factor VIII and an evolving career
In part 4 of our mini-series in conversation with Terence O'Rourke, he reflects on changes in treatment for haemophilia and the arrival of Factor VIII. Terence describes some of the prejudice he expe...
29 Maj 202512min
Reflections on a life with severe haemophilia. Part 3: Work, study and challenging treatment decisions
In the third part of our conversation, Terence O’Rourke looks back on his young adulthood in the late 1950s and early 1960s, starting work in an architect’s office and becoming a student. This was an...
15 Maj 202512min
