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Tue 06 Jun 2010Living with bowel disease 'as bad' as life with cancer

Public forum calls for improvements in quality of life for people suffering from inflammatory bowel condition, writes MICHELLE McDONAGH

THE QUALITY of life of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can, at times, be as bad as that of cancer patients, a public forum held in Cork to coincide with World Digestive Health Day heard last night.