Colesevelam was superior to placebo in inducing remission in patients with bile acid diarrhea with no serious adverse events reported, according to results published in The Lancet Gastroenterology ...

Bile acid malabsorption or bile acid diarrhea is a form of chronic diarrhea that affects a lot of people, but it is often diagnosed late or not diagnosed at all.

Jesper Bøje Andersen, Filip Krag Knop and their research groups hope the new study will benefit the 60,000-100,000 Danes who suffer from bile acid diarrhea.

Chronic idiopathic bile acid diarrhea affects an estimated one in 100 people in the UK and it can cause people to have up to ten watery bowel movements a day, often for months at a time. This type ...

When excess bile enters the colon, it can sometimes overwhelm your intestine's ability to reabsorb it. This often results in bile acid diarrhea and reduced fat absorption in rare instances.

More than 10 urgent visits to the bathroom a day due to diarrhea can make it virtually impossible to lead a normal life. But new research can help doctors diagnose bile acid diarrhea and find the ...

The liver plays a crucial role in the human body. It acts as the body’s natural detoxifier, filtering out toxins from the ...

Bile acid profiles are altered in several gastrointestinal conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, and several forms of diarrhea, colitis and some bacterial infections.

In the realm of biological sciences, bile acids stand as pivotal molecules, playing a multifaceted role in various physiological processes within organisms. Bile acids are specialized molecules ...

Bile acids are reabsorbed at the end of the small bowel and reused. If too many bile acids go all the way through the small intestine into the colon, diarrhea occurs.