Lack of evidence on risk of ionizing radiation for common pediatric swallow study causes unfortunate variability in how clinicians conduct it; a Medical University of South Carolina researcher ...

More than half a million children are diagnosed with swallowing problems each year. The gold standard for diagnosing swallowing problems is the videofluoroscopic swallow study, also known as the ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Muscle degeneration and confinement to a wheelchair are the hallmarks of Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy and other neurodegenerative diseases. One of the silent, ...

Even with early treatment, infants and toddlers with SMA have problems with swallowing skills compared with healthy children, ...