Japan: A recent study found that severe dysphagia in patients undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) was linked ...

This is the medical term for difficulty with swallowing. It is common in conditions that affect the nervous system, including Parkinson’s disease. I ...

15 involving patients with prolonged ETI, indicators such as multiple swallows, altered cervical auscultation, post-swallowing vocal quality changes, coughing, and choking were identified as risks for ...

Severe dysphagia significantly increases mortality risk after PEG, a new study finds. Patients with severe swallowing ...

Ozempic left me with deadly bone-thinning disease, singer revealsDrug safety chiefs have warned patients and medics that weight loss jabs like Ozempic increase the chances of someone choking to death ...

Dear Doctors: A good friend has Parkinson's disease. She's struggling, so I don't ask too many questions. She was drinking water, started to choke and her husband mixed something into her glass ...

Doggett et al. (2001) estimated there are 300,000 600,000 new dysphagia cases each year. The reported mortality rates due to aspiration pneumonia are as high as 6% in the first year after a ...