In March of 2011 Dr. Malandraki led the effort to create the first comprehensive Dysphagia Team at the largest Greek public Hospital (Hospital Evangelismos) in Athens, Greece in collaboration with Dr.

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is the inability to swallow food or drink. The condition can also cause breathing difficulties, choking, and drooling. Oropharyngeal dysphagia can occur due to various ...

Swallowing is a basic function that many of us take for granted — until a problem occurs, making daily tasks like drinking and eating a major challenge. Dysphagia is the medical term used to describe ...

Patients with a wide variety of conditions can develop feeding and swallowing problems. An observation screening tool aimed to increase detection of dysphagia AbstractTanton M (2010) Developing a ...

In people with Parkinson's disease, dysphagia is usually treated first with medicines that aim to improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease overall. If swallowing problems continue, rehabilitation ...

The overall aim of this project was to co-design and co-produce dysphagia awareness training for all those who care for people with swallowing difficulties. It addressed the need to co-design/develop ...

Ways to make eating and swallowing easier with tardive dyskinesia include switching medications, dietary changes, working with a speech-language pathologist, and more. Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a ...

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a prevalent and multifaceted syndrome among older adults, characterised by difficulties in initiating and coordinating the swallow. Such impairments can lead to serious ...