Monthly Archives: May 2022

Different bacteria live in different areas of the intestinal tract and have different mechanisms of action. For that reason, most clinical trials looking for the optimal probiotic supplementation for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), focus on each condition individually, either for ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease (CD).  One of the most common hypotheses for the […]

In normal circumstances, the stomach is coordinated by underlying bioelectrical slow-wave activity, which coordinates the contraction of the muscles that mix and move contents into and through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.  Gastric dysrhythmias occur in gastrointestinal motility disorders that can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, pain, and bloating. There are no validated methods for […]