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- Bowel cancer
Bowel cancer is highly curable if found at an early stage.
- Bowel cancer screening
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) offers kits for free to Australians between the ages of 50 and 74 years of age.
- Bowel motions
Many illnesses and events can affect the colour and texture of faeces.
- Bowen therapy
Bowen is a holistic remedial body technique that works on the soft connective tissue (fascia) of the body. Bowen therapy can be used to treat musculoskeletal or related neurological problems including acute sports injuries and chronic or organic conditions. It is gentle and relaxing and does not use forceful manipulation.
- Bowen's disease
Bowen's disease produces persistent red scaly patches on the skin that are neither sore nor itchy.
- Brachioplasty (arm lift surgery)
An 'arm lift' is surgery to reshape or reconstruct the underside of the upper arm from the armpit to the elbow.
- Braille
Braille is a reading and writing system for blind and vision impaired people, made up of raised dots that can be ?read? by touch.
- Brain
Messages relay between the brain and the motor and sensory nerves of the body in a constant 'conversation'.
- Brain and nerves
The brain, nerves and spinal cord form part of the nervous system. Brain injury, tumours, disorders, headaches and seizures can affect the brain.
- Brain death
Brain death differs from other states of unconsciousness in important ways.