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

She started donating after Nigel underwent life saving surgery as a baby to treat pyloric stenosis, a serious condition affecting newborns where the passage between the stomach and the small bowel becomes narrower.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

A lower level would mean more people being referred for colonoscopies to help diagnose or rule out bowel cancer.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Northern Ireland is also the only UK region yet to lower the level at which traces of blood in a home screening test trigger further investigation to detect more bowel cancers early.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In case of an inmate bowel movement that yielded some “prize,” he was to call a sergeant.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover