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Hope Through Research

NIDDK's Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition supports basic and clinical research into gastrointestinal conditions, including constipation. Among other areas, researchers are studying the anatomical and physiological characteristics of rectoanal motility and the use of new medications and behavioral techniques, such as biofeedback, to treat constipation.