The author says rollback of vaccines is troubling. Already Rhode Island reported its first case of measles in more than a ...

When Payton developed a sore throat, her parents chalked it up to the common cold and thought with some rest she would ...

Isthmus competed in a pre-Lightning Stakes trial down the straight at Flemington on Friday morning but was later withdrawn from next Saturday’s sprint feature with the mare set for minor throat ...

A vital pathway for breathing and nourishment is also an object of desire—and one of the body’s most vulnerable parts.

In a hyoid suspension surgery, a surgeon moves the base of the tongue and elastic throat tissue called the epiglottis forward. This helps open the breathing passage more deeply into the throat.

While the entrapped epiglottis has ruled Isthmus out of the Lightning, plans remain, at this stage, to head to the Group 1 ...

Dr Jennifer Hill, Chief Medical Officer, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: “Tragically, Emma died from a very rare complication which caused her epiglottis to swell and ...

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When I reached out to Brent MacGrath this past Wednesday he was at the gym. How appropriate, I thought to myself. Here is a ...

Lung-function characteristics in ALS were lower than predicted (table 1). In patients with progressive bulbar ALS, 4/7 subjects had an abnormal epiglottis: three had a juvenile and high-standing ...

The hyoid bone is located above the area of the Adam's apple and below the tonsils and the epiglottis. You can even move your hyoid from side to side—for safety's sake, very gently—by lightly touching ...

epiglottis horizontalization, laryngeal elevation, pharyngeal constrictor muscle contraction, oral and hypopharyngeal cleaning, upper esophageal sphincter relaxation, the bolus entry into the ...