Word: bowel
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...Unable to dress, bathe or groom self; unable to control bladder and bowel function...
...colonoscopy is not innocuous. It can be complicated by severe intestinal bleeding, rupture of the bowel and, in rare instances, death. Colonoscopes are difficult to clean, and transmission of infection from one individual to another is well documented. Society as a whole suffers not only from the huge financial burden of an extensive screening program but also from an ever increasing obsession with health, which, paradoxically, decreases our sense of wellness. KENNETH G. MARSHALL, M.D. Stratford...