Recently I was invited to participate in a panel on fecal incontinence (FI) for a series, Second Opinion, being recorded by PBS television station WXXI in Rochester, New York. The program, one of 13 in a series on a wide variety of health topics, featured Dr. Peter Salgo of New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City as host and included two colon & rectal surgeons as well as a patient from Cleveland Clinic, along with me. It was the first time the series had addressed fecal...
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Urinary Incontinence: Causes and Treatments
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Women With Incontinence May Also Face Depression
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