News that BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen has bowel cancer has led to almost triple the number of visits to an NHS information website. News that BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen has bowel cancer has led to almost triple the number of visits to an NHS information website. The news prompted more people to search for bowel cancer online, with the NHS’s bowel cancer information page receiving 4,735 visits on Monday, up from 1,639 visits over the previous 24 hours and more than double last year’s average of 1,816 daily page views. Don’t be embarrassed, ask your doctor.”Thank you so much to Jeremy Bowen @BowenBBC for speaking to @BBCBreakfast for the first time about his bowel cancer diagnosis and helping to raise awareness as we start Bowel Cancer Awareness Month #thisisbowelcancer pic.twitter.com/lfQMfPLNQF — Bowel Cancer UK (@bowelcanceruk) April 1, 2019Deborah Alsina, chief executive of Bowel Cancer UK, said: “We are incredibly grateful to our patron Jeremy Bowen for speaking so openly about his bowel cancer diagnosis. “Every year in the UK, nearly 42,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer, making it the UK’s second biggest cancer killer.

Source: Irish Independent April 05, 2019 12:11 UTC