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The Mediterranean diet was found to be associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer in this study of 3745 colorectal cancer cases and 6804 hospital controls. Comment: The Mediterranean diet is perhaps the most thoroughly studied diet, and consistently has shown multiple health benefits in terms of cancer and cardiovascular disease in addition to overall mortality. Br J Cancer. 2016 Aug 18    (retrieved Aug, 2016). There are currently 1090 pearls in the database. While every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy, mistakes can and do occur. Use databank at your own risk. All pearls © 2024 by the Internet Medical Association. Click Here to view more medical pearls.