A CAUSE OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE FOUND
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Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease found
1 day ago

James Gallagher,Health and science correspondent

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wwdd6v2wjo

This is very serious business. Going on memory, my barber needed surgery because of long-term use of medication for Crohn's disease. He died of some complication from the surgery. He had the surgery, he seemed to be recovering well, and then, quite suddenly, he was gone.

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Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease found

Scientists have found a weak spot in our DNA that is present in 95% of people with the disease.