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 ...

Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) who exhibit abnormal small bowel transit are more likely to be men, experience more severe cardiac involvement, have a higher mortality risk, and show fewer ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) plays an essential role in gut motility. Diseases of the ENS result in bowel motility disorders that are some of the most challenging clinical conditions to manage.

Two Spanish scientific societies have published a position document on small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). It outlines a framework for comprehensive symptomatic evaluation of SIBO, regulated ...

Although interrelated, bloating and distension have separate pathophysiological explanations; precisely, bloating is the symptom and distension is the sign of gastrointestinal disorders, such as ...

1 Department of Sports Medicine, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London E1, UK 2 Wingate Institute, Barts and London School of Medicine, London E1, UK Correspondence to: Dr K Arjun Rao Specialist ...

There’s a hidden gender gap when it comes to digestive problems, with women taking the lead in this unpleasant contest. While men are hardly immune to gastrointestinal woes, certain digestive problems ...