Health Update: Loo too far
SEDENTARY occupations, such as working in an office, seem to give some protection against cancer of the rectum, a study from Sweden claims. The authors suggest in Cancer that office workers have readier access to the lavatory than do manual workers, and so are less likely to postpone responding to a sensation of 'rectal fullness'.
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