Some of the most intractable gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease, are motility disorders, where the contents of the intestines don’t proceed ...

Increased esophageal hypervigilance and anxiety were associated with worse post-treatment symptoms and poor quality of life ...

(Learn more about intestinal disorder (loss of motility) in dogs. Picture credit: Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman / Getty Images) Intestinal disorder (loss of motility) in dogs causes problems with ...

The findings follow recent data suggesting that esophageal dysmotility may be associated with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), which often presents with dysphagia. Their findings follow recent data ...

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 ...

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

Similar to the heartbeat, gastric peristalsis is regulated by an electrical rhythm generated by a pacemaker. Thus, electrical dysrhythmia of gastric slow waves will inevitably affect gastric ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Gastric Motility Disorder-Global API Manufacturers, Marketed and Phase III Drugs Landscape, 2016" report to their ...

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 ...

Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare has added three gastroenterologists to its staff, according to a Dec. 17 news release.  Sujay Alvencar, MD, is a hepatologist and general gastroenterologist with ...