Prep for colonoscopy usually involves a laxative beverage to clean you out before providers examine the bowels. Here’s what ...

IBS has classically been regarded as a “diagnosis of exclusion,” but new research suggested that might be changing with better diagnostic and treatment approaches.

Russian butter prices are surging as Vladimir Putin prioritises defence spending over protecting his country from the impact of sanctions. The price of a block of butter has climbed by a quarter since ...

2 l PEG plus bisacodyl (20 mg) the morning of or 2 l PEG taken the evening before and repeated the morning of colonoscopy. The primary outcome was bowel preparation quality according to the ...

Results Twenty-one RCTs (9189 patients) met inclusion and end point criteria: 9 prucalopride, 3 lubiprostone, 3 linaclotide, 2 tegaserod, 1 each velusetrag, elobixibat, bisacodyl and sodium ...

A rectal suppository is a small, solid piece of medication that melts at body temperature. It contains a laxative that stimulates the bowels or softens the stool, treating constipation. Different ...

New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has flagged 71 medicines including commonly used Pan D and Shelcal 500 as either “spurious” or “not of standard quality ...

The Central Drug Regulatory Authority has found samples of four drugs, including widely used calcium supplement Shelcal 500 and Pan D, as spurious, while samples of 49 drugs were listed as not of ...

Hard stool happens when your colon absorbs too much water from your stool. This commonly occurs with constipation, defined as having fewer than three bowel movements per week. Common causes include ...

Multiomics of the intestine-liver-adipose axis in multiple studies unveils a consistent link of the gut microbiota and the antiviral response with systemic glucose metabolism ...