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Diverticulitis-Diverticulosis--the Quiet Epidemic
"Diverticular
'diverticulitis and diverticulosis] disease affects upwards of 50% of the population over the age of 60
years in Western countries and is becoming more common as the population
ages. ...Studies related its occurrence to the use of low-fiber diets
and the prolonged transit time and increased ...pressure associated with
low-volume stools 'a probable result of the low fiber diet.]
From:
Advances Anat. Pathol., vol. 12, 2005.
By:
Drs. Ye, Losada & West, Dept. of Pathology, N.Y.U., New York 10016.
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