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January 2011
Dysphagia Resource Center News January 2011
Posted 2011-01-20 12:32:49
Dysphagia is the predominant symptom in more than 70% of patients with EC and although several management options have been developed in recent years to palliate this symptom, the optimum management is not established. ...
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Del.icio.usPosted 2011-01-20 12:34:12
Current news on the Larynx transplant that took place Oct 2010 in California.
Posted 2011-01-20 12:38:54
In a letter to the eidtor, a goup of Spanish researchers (serra-Pratt, Hinojosa, Lopez, et. al) discuss the revalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia and impaired safety and efficacy of swallow in independently living older persons. The data are presented briefly using an odds ratio.
Overall, 27% of their 254 patients showed signs of oropharyngeal dysphagia.
Posted 2011-01-21 12:11:38
Much of our knowledge of the brain's role in regulating breathing comes from research with mice and rats. A chemical receptor within the brain stem communicates with the central nervous system to generate the basic pattern of breathing....An article in the current issue of the journal Pediatric and Developmental Pathology builds on our current knowledge of the role of the brain in breathing.