After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis—moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle. For more than a ...

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis - moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle. For more than a ...

Maternal health and other events occurring during pregnancy determine the health outcomes in offspring. Pre-natal infections are a major risk factor contributing to compromised intestinal barrier ...

Vitamin B1 supplementation has emerged as a potential tool to manage irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional constipation in a multi-ancestry study. Published in Gut and involving over 268,000 ...

Study: Genetic dissection of stool frequency implicates vitamin B1 metabolism and other actionable pathways in the modulation of gut motility. Image credit: LumenSt/Shutterstock.com A recent study in ...

When bowel habits change, many people first notice how often they go—or don’t. Coffee, fatty foods, and large meals can all influence bowel movement frequency through well-known digestive pathways.