“Chronic abdominal pain is complex because it involves multiple mechanisms, including inflammation, altered gut motility, and heightened sensitivity of the nervous system,” Muttenhalter told IE. “The ...

Gastrointestinal motility refers to the contractions that propel food through the digestive tract, essential for the ...

The rising prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn's disease is driving the ...

As part of the ongoing Human Cell Atlas project, researchers mapped 1.6 million cells in the gastrointestinal tract. Here’s ...

The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Nottingham found that paracetamol use was linked to a 24% and 36% ...

The use of paracetamol as a first line pain killer for long-term conditions such as osteoarthritis in older people needs to ...

Undiagnosed or untreated EPI could result in muscle loss since the patient isn’t absorbing the necessary nutrients.

"Bubble butt" can leave turtles struggling to swim normally — or unable to submerge at all. A 3D-printed harness can help.

Infectious diseases that do not primarily affect the gastrointestinal tract can cause severe diarrhea. The pathogenesis of this kind of diarrhea includes cytokine action, intestinal inflammation ...

Most of us have experienced the effects of moods and emotions on our gastrointestinal tract, from "butterflies" in the stomach caused by nervousness to a loss of appetite when we're feeling blue.