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NORFOLK, Virginia: Nyla, the Virginia Zoo's only hippopotamus, died of a bowel blockage on Sunday after she ate a racquetball tossed into her pen by a visitor. Zookeepers were mystified by Nyla's death until an autopsy of the 4,300-pound hippo showed that she had a 2-inch rubber ball blocking her intestinal passageway. Though authorities knew the hippo was suffering some kind of obstruction, they did not perform surgery, fearing she would die during the procedure. Nyla, 31, had lived at the zoo for more than 20 years after spending her youth as part...
...Fish oil may be effective to treat CROHN'S DISEASE, the chronic inflammatory-bowel condition. More than half of patients in remission from the disease were spared a relapse by taking fish-oil capsules. They used a new slow-release form that lessened the oil's typical side effects, such as fishy body odor...
High lights of the award ceremony included the presentation of the biology prize for a breakthrough study on the bowel movement frequency of U.S. Servicemen...
...swell significantly during early pregnancy.) How does one tell if a breast-fed baby is getting enough to eat? The proof, say experts, is in the diaper. In the first few weeks of life, a nursing baby normally wets at least six diapers a day and has very frequent bowel movements. For mothers who cannot produce enough milk, the solution is easy: supplement the baby's diet with infant formula...
...looked depleted, depressed, beaten down,"Allen writes. "She went into the office to find afew things and discovered that she had beencleaned out. there had been no warning. In apitiful phone call Monday, it sounded as thoughshe was utterly devastated. Her bowel is actingup...