In my friend’s case, since her child has had a colonoscopy, there is not likely to be any impacted stool in his colon, since the colonoscopy test prep cleans the colon very thoroughly. Of course, there are many good reasons not to have a colonoscopy, so the risks should be assessed b...
While the FDA still allows bitter orange to be used in weight-loss supplements, there have been concerns that it may be unsafe in a similar manner as ephedra. A well-known 2006 study tested a single dose of bitter orange on a group of 15 young healthy adults and found that it elevated ...
he had serious difficulty digesting virtually all commercial kibble. This likely had something to do with his condition at the time (he was picked up as a stray, well on his way to starving to death, and that likely impacted his digestive system). The...
]. In a population of older adults, 14% were classified as having chronic diarrhoea based on increased stool frequency and the absence of abdominal pain [3]. However, this may include patients with structural or functional causes such as microscopic colitis or chronic diseases such as diabetes....