Word: diverticular
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...annual cost of treating the more serious illness is $2.4 billion in direct health care costs, according to the study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Diverticular complications can also include bleeding and tears in the colon, which contributes to 3,400 deaths annually from the disease in the U.S. Yet the conventional wisdom that sufferers should avoid certain foods may have been upended...
...included 47,588 men aged 40 to 75 who filled out detailed questionnaires about their medical conditions and dietary habits from 1986 to 2004. Initially, the participants were free of diverticulosis or its complications. During the subsequent 18 years, 801 men developed the more serious diverticulitis and 383 reported diverticular bleeding...
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