PHILADELPHIA -- The muscles in your digestive tract usually work in a coordinated manner to move food from your esophagus to stomach and from your stomach to the intestine and anus. In individuals ...

Imagine not being able to eat your favorite foods-- no pizza, French fries or even drink a cup of water-- all because you can't swallow. "I hadn't had a hamburger or even a cup of coffee for a year ...

In her native country of Greece, Purdue professor Georgia Malandraki saw firsthand that resources for swallowing disorders were extremely limited. That only fueled a passion to explore how to improve ...

When we think of rheumatoid arthritis, we think of joint disease, but, in truth, it’s a systemic disease affecting, to various degrees, every cell in the body. This systemic nature of disease means ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A wearable monitoring device to make treatments easier and more affordable for the millions of people with swallowing disorders is about to be released into the market. “We want ...

Speech-language pathologists or speech therapists can help when you are having problems speaking, communicating, or swallowing due to a wide range of conditions, including speech delays or strokes.

Only a quarter of Americans know about dysphagia, or trouble swallowing But it's more common than even vertigo Dysphagia can lead to malnutrition or pneumonia WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) ...

Dysphagia treatment may be a way to reduce risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations (COPD), according to Yoshitaka Oku, MD, of Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Japan.

Nearly 40 percent of Americans 60 and older are living with a swallowing disorder known as dysphagia. Although it is a major health problem associated with aging, it is unknown whether the condition ...

"We clearly show the device is easy to use, safe and most critically, impacts on swallowing recovery in a range of disorders." A paper on the study has been published in the journal EClinicalMedicine.

For most people, swallowing is second nature, but how does it occur, and why do some people have difficulty with it? Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have started to tackle these questions by ...