Digestive Motility Hope

Carrie is a wife, mother of 3, student finishing up my MPA at UCCS & I also have a part time job. But her passion is advocating for all Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders (FGIMD), especially pediatric patients. Her youngest... more

Ceciel Rooker, an irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patient and Executive Director of a patient group, the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD), talks about her life with IBS and her passion for advocating,... more

Listen to a candid interview of Lillian Kaye VanHouten as we talk about what it's like being a daughter of a gastroparesis patient and advocate. The program promises to be enlightening and inspiring! Lillian Kaye VanHouten is the... more

Please join AGMD as we welcome guest, Melissa Adams VanHouten. Melissa will be discussing the usefulness and limitations of the Gastric Emptying Study (GES), a procedure commonly performed to evaluate and... more

The holidays can be extremely stressful for those who are healthy. But for those suffering from digestive motility disorders, it can be paralyzing. The added stress of trying to get even more things done, the enhanced emphasis on food and... more

Whether it's irritable bowel syndrome, reflux, gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, esophageal spasms, difficulty swallowing, or any other digestive motility disorder, the uncertainty as to when the symptoms may... more