There's a Unique Health Risk From Swallowing Pills

Every year, people around the world take an astonishing 3.8 trillion doses of medicine. Most of these medicines are swallowed ...

Whole tablets may be safer than crushed ones for patients with poststroke swallowing disorders

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 ...