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 ...

Every year, more than 795,000 Americans have a stroke—and more than half of survivors develop swallowing difficulties. Left untreated, this serious medical condition called dysphagia can cause ...

Antidepressant therapy may independently improve recovery from dysphagia after acute ischemic stroke through multiple ...

Using electrical stimulation in the throats of patients recovering from conditions such as strokes or head injuries will help to relieve swallowing problems, leading to a quicker recovery time, ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Each year, almost 800,000 people in the U.S. will suffer a stroke—that’s one every 40 seconds. For those who survive, recovery can be long and hard. We have all ...

Each year, almost 800,000 people in the U.S. will suffer a stroke – that’s one every 40 seconds. For those who survive, recovery can be long and hard. We have all heard about the difficulty patients ...

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 ...