Brazilian magnetic capsules may expand access to gastrointestinal motility testing without radiation, but clinical validation ...

Bowel habits aren't exactly dinner-table talk. But they reflect how quickly the gut moves things along, and when that goes ...

Bowel habits aren't exactly dinner-table talk. But they reflect how quickly the gut moves things along, and when that goes wrong people can experience constipation, diarrhoea, or irritable bowel ...

Esophageal motility disorders occur more frequently among adults aged 75 years and older. Individuals aged 75 years and older have a higher prevalence of esophageal motility disorders, particularly ...

A new large-scale genetic study has found an unexpected link between vitamin B1 and how often people go to the bathroom. The ...

A large genetic study of more than 260,000 people, published in Gut, has identified DNA variants linked to how often people have bowel movements, offering new insight into gut motility. Alongside ...

Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (CIPO) and related gastrointestinal motility disorders constitute a group of rare but debilitating conditions that mimic mechanical obstruction despite the ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Sixty to 70 million Americans suffer from gastrointestinal disorders, and undergo endoscopies and colonoscopies, which show structural problems in the digestive ...

FGID occurs due to the abnormal functioning of the GI tract. A recent study indicated that around 40% of the world's population is affected by FGID. 2 In comparison to men, women are more commonly ...

For most people, swallowing is second nature, but how does it occur, and why do some people have difficulty with it? Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have started to tackle these questions by ...