In this episode, pediatric hematologist Dr. Arash Mahajerin is back to answer listener-submitted questions on the future of portacaths for kids with hemophilia, what to do when mysterious bruising or joint pain begins to show, and marijuana- is it a legitimate form of medication, or not? His answers to those questions, and more, on Episode 2 of BloodStream Media’s Ask The Expert podcast series!

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Links of Interest

• The Pros and Cons of Infusion Devices from NHF’s HemAware. Link
• Hemophilia Treatment Centers: 101 from NHF’s HemAware. Link
• Joint Disease from Living With Hemophilia (Bayer). Link
• 60 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Medical Marijuana from 1990-2014. Link
• The Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders. Link

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In this - our first! - episode, Dr. Arash Mahajerin, a pediatric hematologist at the Children's Hospital of Orange County (California) and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine, answers listener-submitted questions about all things bleeding disorders in the first episode of BloodStream Media's Ask The Expert podcast series. Subscribe to Ask The Expert and check out BloodStream Media's other podcasts at BloodStreamMedia.com.

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