Coffee Reduces Risk of Bladder Cancer. Researchers have long considered smoking a risk factor for bladder cancer, a disease that strikes about 55,000 Americans each year. But the results of a new study published in the January 2001 issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggest that risk may be far higher than previously thought.
The causes of irregular bowel movements (such as constipation) may include any of the following: 1  Dietary changes. 2  Hormonal changes. 3  Side effects of medication.  Illness or the onset of digestive 1  disorders. Anatomical abnormalities.  Sedentary lifestyle.
Causes of bowel obstruction include adhesions, hernias, volvulus, endometriosis, inflammatory bowel disease, appendicitis, tumors, diverticulitis, ischemic bowel, tuberculosis and intussusception. Small bowel obstructions are most often due to adhesions and hernias while large bowel obstructions are most often due to tumors and volvulus.