"Most people assume that if they're pooping every day, then they’re not constipated — but this couldn’t be further from the ...

I read with interest the recent article of Wilkinson-Smith and colleagues on the assessment of colonic motility by means of MRI and high-resolution colonic manometry (HRCM),1 showing that patients ...

The intraluminal pressure changes of the pelvic colon in subjects suffering from active diarrhoea have been compared ... Young patients with chronic severe constipation have a tendency to more active ...

These studies were performed to exclude an underlying small bowel and/or colon motility disorder. Only patients with normal antro-duodenal and colon motility studies were included. The presenting ...

Acute colonic ileus or Ogilvie's syndrome is an acute nonmechanical colonic obstruction with an unclear pathophysiology. This motility disorder generally occurs in elderly patients with serious ...

Another publication provided a comprehensive overview of ACPO, noting that despite advancements in understanding colonic motility, the management of this condition has remained largely unchanged ...

The colon naturally has increased motility — movement via muscle contractions — in the morning, Dr. Ekta Gupta, associate professor of medicine in the department of gastroenterology and ...

Dec. 23, 2024 — A research team has developed a groundbreaking technology that can treat colon cancer by converting cancer cells into a state resembling normal colon cells without killing them ...

First, he demonstrated the “rocking technique,” in which you gently move back and forth on the toilet to move your bowels. This movement can act as a mechanical stimulation to increase colon motility.