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 ...

The effect of diet, usual (44 ± 4% energy as fat), high-fat (49 ± 4% energy as fat), and moderate-fat (33 ± 2% energy as fat), on gastric function (lipase and pepsin activities, pH, emptying rate) and ...

Diabetes mellitus is associated with a spectrum of gastric emptying abnormalities, including transient slow gastric emptying, transient fast gastric emptying, persistent slow or delayed gastric ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — More than 60 million people in the U.S. suffer from disorders in the gastrointestinal tract that could be cured by electrical stimulation, but scientists don't fully understand ...

When a doctor suspects a person has stomach cancer, they will refer them to a specialist for tests. If the person receives a diagnosis, a doctor may refer them for further testing to determine the ...

It is not clear whether these studies of gastric function in dogs are pertinent to patients with cirrhosis who have been subjected to shunting operations. Only two investigations concerning man have ...

A new $3.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant is helping University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) researchers delve into one of the body’s most fascinating processes ...