Here are the main supplements to avoid if you suffer from constipation. Calcium supplements are known to slow intestinal motility, making stools harder and more difficult to pass. This phenomenon ...

A large body of literature dealing with oesophageal motility abnormalities has evolved over the past few decades but comparisons among studies have been compromised by the lack of a widely accepted ...

from normal function and slow transit constipation (STC). Methods The medical records of 1411 patients evaluated by a single gastroenterologist over a 16-year period at a tertiary medical centre were ...

Motility disorders are characterized by abnormal movements of the gastrointestinal tract, causing the abnormal transit slow or fast of contents in the absence of mucosal disease or obstruction.

Doses of 3 mg/kg·bw·day and 1.5 mg/kg·bw·day of dietary fiber from burdock root were used to intervene in functional constipation in aged rats. Research indicated that dietary fiber from burdock root ...

The marked improvement induced by squalamine in the disordered motility of aged mice may have a translatable clinical use in treating old age-related constipation and awaits clinical testing. CW, JA, ...

The Center for IBS & GI Motility at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is ... Breath Methane Does Not Correlate With Constipation Severity or Bloating in Patients With Constipation. Singh P, Duehren ...

A pediatric study has reported an improvement in clinical symptoms of constipation following erythromycin administration, but the effect on colon motility in children has not been formally evaluated.