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Digestive Health in Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

Digestive Health in Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

FromGastro Girl


Digestive Health in Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

FromGastro Girl

ratings:
Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jul 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Christopher Velez from Massachusetts General Hospital is here to share insights from his important review article, Digestive Health in Sexual and Gender Minority Populations, recently published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Dr. Velez walks us through some of the challenges these groups face with healthcare in general, how some of these socioeconomic factors can directly affect their digestive health, and why it’s so important to address this understudied and underrepresented patient population in clinical research.   
Released:
Jul 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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