WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — People swallow hundreds of times a day – often without realizing they’re doing it. But for some people, being able to safely swallow means the difference between life and death.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Muscle degeneration and confinement to a wheelchair are the hallmarks of Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy and other neurodegenerative diseases. One of the silent, ...

Stroke, injury and certain cancers and diseases are just a few of the causes for a swallowing disorder. Something that used to be automatic can suddenly become extremely difficult, even impossible.

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 ...

Israeli researchers say they have established age markers to determine how often healthy people should be able to swallow in 30 seconds. The inability to swallow, known as dysphagia, can signal ...

With swallowing disorders affecting 300,000 – 600,000 people each year in the United States, and the impact of these disorders on daily life is multifaceted and potentially severe, it is critical all ...

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 ...

A hot dog nearly killed Joan Jacobson. When she stopped for a lunch break while shopping, a chunk of hot dog lodged in her throat and she began choking. An off-duty police officer came to her rescue ...

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 ...

Swallowing may seem like a simple maneuver, but it actually involves the careful coordination of 50 pairs of muscles, many nerves, the larynx (voice box), and your esophagus. They all must work ...