Experts say patients should adjust dosage, try prescribed and over-the-counter drugs to help with symptom management and ...

The Accidental Infiltration of Food or Bacteria Into the Lungs Aspiration pneumonia is a type of pneumonia caused by the ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Lipoid pneumonia (LP) is a rare, non-infectious condition that occurs when oil or ...

Managing patients with Parkinson's disease should be viewed as part of a hospital CMO's responsibility for patient safety and ...

However, pneumonia is not contagious when it is caused by a foreign substance, like when food, drink, or saliva enters the lungs and causes inflammation. This is called aspiration pneumonia ...

The occurrence of respiratory failure in the postpartum period should always introduce a high index of clinical suspicion of aspiration ... all aspirations lead to pneumonia.

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japanese cultural anthropologist Junzo Kawada, a recipient of the Order of Culture, died of ...

Preserving the ability to swallow reduces the need for invasive interventions and lowers the risk of life-threatening ...