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Dumping syndrome is a frequent complication of esophageal, gastric or bariatric surgery. Rapid gastric emptying, with the delivery to the small intestine of a significant proportion of solid food as ...

A gastric emptying scan is also known as a gastric emptying study or test. This procedure uses nuclear medicine to determine how quickly food leaves the stomach. It’s different from a standard X-ray ...

Hope Kicak thought she needed to clean up her diet: Eating was frequently leaving her bloated, crampy and even nauseous. "I started trying to focus on more healthy foods like veggies, salads and whole ...

Data-driven clustering reveals distinct obesity phenotypes with unique clinical, behavioral, microbiome features, and differential GLP-1 responses. Some individuals with obesity have discordant ...

A small study of children with eosinophilic esophagitis found that certain patients might benefit from gastric emptying nuclear medicine studies. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is characterized by ...

Contrary to popular belief, Silvia Delgado-Aros and colleagues from Barcelona have shown that the number of calories ingested by overweight or obese individuals can be decreased by increasing the rate ...

ALTHOUGH there are many and obvious advantages to the oral administration of drugs, there are certain equally obvious disadvantages. Of these the most prominent are the uncertain and variable rate of ...

One of the main symptoms of gastroparesis is bloating, a feeling of fullness or tightness in the belly. Gastroparesis is a condition in which your stomach empties into your small intestine more slowly ...

Click here to read the Cover Story, “GLP-1s may have profound impact on total joint replacement.”GLP-1 receptor agonists mimic the action of endogenous GLP-1, a hormone that stimulates insulin ...