bowel

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"What should I eat?" is one of the most common questions people with inflammatory bowel disease ask their doctors.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

When Dr Jonny Dillon found out he had bowel cancer at 49 he was shocked - not least because he is a doctor.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

"If bowel cancer is diagnosed at its earliest stage, more than nine people in 10 will survive it," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

One of Dillon's patients Marie McGrath said "bowel cancer was not on my radar" when she was diagnosed in January, aged 52.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“From now on,” he said, his face utterly serious, “I want a full report on all of your bowel movements.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French