Osmotic laxatives draw water into the bowel because they are hypertonic, essentially flushing the colon. Examples of osmotic laxatives include milk of magnesia (which also softens stools), sodium ...

Hypertonic saline (HTS) is an osmotic agent that can help patients in the acute phase of severe traumatic brain injury. HTS extracts fluid from swollen cerebral tissue to both control intracranial ...

Laxatives, or stool softeners, are widely available without prescription as over-the-counter (OTC) products. They are commonly used to manage symptoms of constipation and various other ...

SALINE, MI – Saline Area Schools may explore appealing a recent ruling resulting in the forfeiture of its first three regular-season football games due to an alleged residency violation of one ...

which draw water into stool from the intestines bulk-forming laxatives, which release fiber osmotic agents, which draw water into the bowel from other tissue stimulant laxatives, which force the ...

Interestingly, the risk was even greater for people who specifically used osmotic laxatives, which are a type of laxative that draws water into the intestines to soften stool. Despite these ...

Saline has gone from being 5-0 and ranked No. 6 in The Detroit News Super 25 to needing to win its final four games to get into the state playoffs. Saline’s athletic department realized an ...

SALINE, MI – Students and community members are asking Saline school administrators to step up their response to newly emerging reports of alleged racist and antisemitic incidents at the high ...

Voters in the Saline Area Schools district will elect four members to the Board of Education in the upcoming general election. The candidates are incumbents Jennifer Steben, Susan Estep and Brad Gerbe ...