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About Digestive Diseases Awareness Month

In May 1988 President Reagan proclaimed May Digestive Diseases Awareness Month. Digestive diseases rank second among all of the causes of disability due to illness in the United States, and account for one-tenth of the economic burden of illness. Their social and economic impact is enormous; half of all Americans are affected by them at some time during life. More Americans are hospitalized for digestive diseases than for any other family of illness.

In recent years major advances have taken place in digestive disease research, but efforts to determine their causes and to develop ways to prevent and treat them have only begun. Knowing the impact of these diseases and of the critical need for research in this field, private, scientific, and governmental organizations have committed themselves to increasing public awareness and understanding of gastrointestinal diseases.

The National Institute on Health has put together a number of brochures on the most pervasive digestive disorder diseases which can be accessed here:
http://www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/ap.aspx?control=Pubs

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