(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 ...

Classification Motor disorders of the smooth muscle esophagus have been classified in many different ways, and there is no single classification that is fully satisfactory for all users. One of the ...

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 ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a more accurate and standardized approach to interpreting a common test used to evaluate esophageal motor disorders, according to a study published in ...

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 ...

Diabetic gastroparesis affects a substantial proportion of individuals with long-standing type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus. Chronic hyperglycaemia leads to autonomic neuropathy, loss of interstitial ...

Engineers at MIT and Caltech have demonstrated an ingestible sensor whose location can be monitored as it moves through the digestive tract, an advance that could help doctors more easily diagnose ...

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 ...

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. Gastrointestinal motility disorders (GIMDs) are characterized by impaired gastrointestinal motility. The prevention and treatment of GIMDs ...

The nationally recognized Pediatric Neurogastroenterology and Motility Center is one of a few in the U.S. dedicated to diagnosing and treating motility disorders —- conditions that affect the movement ...