bowel

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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

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

"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

This discovery may also help explain a range of digestive issues, including food intolerances and irritable bowel syndrome.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

They talk of their B-trees and Disk Doctors and then have the nerve to complain when I discuss bowel obstructions at the dinner table.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris