Phagenesis, a commercial-stage company with a first-of-its-kind neuromodulation system to treat patients experiencing difficulty swallowing post-stroke, welcomed the 2026 Guideline for the Early ...

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 ...

AIM: The “2026 Guideline for the Early Management of Patients With AIS” replaces the “2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With AIS” and the 2019 update to reflect recent advances in ...

The American Stroke Association (ASA) has formally recognised pharyngeal electrical stimulation (PES) as an important tool ...

Noninvasive brain stimulation has emerged as a promising adjunct therapy for post-stroke dysphagia, a condition that significantly compromises swallowing safety and nutritional status. By targeting ...

Up to three-quarters of all stroke survivors have some form of difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) after a stroke. Dysphagia frequently leads to entry of food or liquid into the lungs and has ...

For decades, stroke patients with swallowing difficulties have routinely received crushed tablets to reduce the risk of aspiration. New clinical data now challenge this practice. A study using ...

DAPT also now preferred over lytics for minor nondisabling strokes within 4.5 hours ...