Hemorrhoids: Not something you want to sit on!
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Hemorrhoid disease is extremely common with more than half of Americans over the age of 50 having symptoms from hemorrhoids. It is easily treated non-surgically when it is not ignored. Sometimes more serious disease is missed because hemorrhoids are assumed to be present. This podcast will talk about the common presentations of hemorrhoids and include less common and sometimes serious disease that might be confused with hemorrhoids.
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Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the Co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Texas Children’s...
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