When Diane Wolff's 85-year-old mother was diagnosed with a swallowing disorder in 2010, the prognosis seemed dismal, at least when it came to diet. "Everything had to be pureed, and I couldn't find ...

In 2007 Diane Wolff, an Asian scholar about to move from California to New York City, got a call from her mother: Dementia had made it hard to take care of herself. Couldn't Diane move to Florida ...

Hospitals in North Queensland have found an inventive way to help patients with swallowing difficulties receive adequate nutrition. Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, is common among people with ...

Our ability to swallow is something we rarely think about — until it becomes all we can think about. Managing swallowing disorders (known as dysphagia) or helping older adults with the inability to ...

What is a soft food diet? People prescribed with soft food diets are those who cannot tolerate normally textured or highly seasoned foods. It consists of soft and easily digestible foods. Soft food ...

It’s hard to imagine food prepared in a printer can be tasty and look good. But a presentation at a 3D food printing conference today shows how printed foods could improve the lives of people with ...