For some time, doctors have known that milk could be used as a way of highlighting the bowel for radiological studies. Now, a researcher at a New York hospital has pitted milk against commercially ...

What Is a Barium Enema? A Barium enema is an examination of your lower gastrointestinal tract (your doctor may call it your lower GI tract) using X-rays. It’s also known as a colon X-ray. X-rays show ...

Austin area medical facilities that perform X-rays and other kinds of imaging have been dealing with a nationwide shortage of barium, causing doctors to scramble and some patients to wait longer to do ...

A barium x-ray is a test to look at the outline of any part of your digestive system. Barium is a white liquid that shows up clearly on an x-ray. Once it is inside the body, it coats the inside of the ...

A barium swallow is a type of X-ray test that helps your doctor see the back of your mouth and throat (pharynx), and the tube that extends from the back of the tongue down to the stomach (esophagus).

A barium enema is a type of X-ray imaging test that allows doctors to examine your lower intestinal tract. It involves delivering a contrast solution that contains the metallic element barium into ...