Article: If you often suffer from "a pain in the stomach" -. (interview with Arnold G. Levy)

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U.S. News & World Report
Article date:
June 24, 1985
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Q Dr. Levy, roughly how many Americans suffer from digestive diseases?

A Approximately 50 percent of all Americans have recurrent digestive-tract problems. About 23 million Americans have some sort of chronic digestive disorder, and another 14 million suffer acute episodes. We're talking about a range of problems from ulcers and heartburn to cancer and gallstones--any disease that affects the digestive tract, including the stomach and colon, and the gallbladder and liver.

Q Is the number of these patients increasing?

A That's hard to say. We are seeing more cases, but that could be due to improved diagnostic techniques and to ...

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