bowel movement
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The findings also suggest a meaningful biological connection between bowel movement frequency and IBS, a condition that affects millions of people worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
It seems anywhere scientists look for plastic, they find it: from the ice in Antarctica, to the first bowel movement produced by newborn babies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
The first, a 2019 study, tested umbilical cord blood for traces of acetaminophen and the second, published in 2020, measured acetaminophen in babies' first bowel movement.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2023
“A lot of people are obsessed with the concept of having a bowel movement every day, and it does not have to be every day.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
I had to flick on the bathroom lights fast so that no small shadow would take a baby shape, sometimes seated on the edge of the bathtub, its hopes for a bowel movement so exaggerated.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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