Swallowing difficulty serves as a significant predictor of frailty progression in older adults, according to new research following nearly 800 community-dwelling Japanese seniors over two years. The ...

A group of researchers in Italy is calling management of dysphagia a priority issue for nursing homes after studying the swallowing disorder and its role in mortality. Led by Nikolina Jukic Peladic, ...

Respiratory patterns and sEMG may indicate dysphagia in patients with myasthenia gravis. Dysphagia affects about 70% of patients with myasthenia gravis and can lead to myasthenic crisis, necessitating ...

A pilot study found ChatGPT could help generate dysphagia research ideas, with experts rating them highly for feasibility and clinical relevance but lower for novelty. The findings point to AI’s role ...

An analysis was conducted in order to determine the swallowing problems of COVID-19 patients who had tracheostomy or mechanical ventilation. These patients had a higher incidence of swelling disorders ...

A team of Danish researchers has developed a predictive model for determining which head and neck cancer patients are at risk of developing dysphagia (swallowing disfunction) following ...

A patient works on tongue exercises at the UC College of Medicine’s Dysphagia Rehabilitation Laboratory. The majority of stroke survivors — up to three-quarters, according to some studies — experience ...

"Given the significant potential for impaired quality of life and complications related to speech and swallow dysfunction in this population . . . it’s reasonable that language pathology examination ...

Dysphagia is, more simply, a medical term for “difficulty swallowing.” It can occur when the muscles of the esophagus are weakened, too loose, too tight, or one’s diaphragm is atrophied. It can also ...

A person with cricopharyngeal dysfunction may experience difficulty swallowing or a feeling of something being stuck in their throat. This is because the sphincter does not open properly. Treatment ...