A 14-month-old Idaho Falls boy who spent five weeks in the hospital after he swallowed a battery is now home with his family ...

A tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) occurs when a connection between the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that connects the throat to the stomach) forms during fetal development before birth.

A man unknowingly swallowed his partial denture, causing an abnormal connection between his esophagus and trachea that required him to undergo two surgeries and eight months of recovery. The case ...

What Is an EndoFLIP Procedure? EndoFLIP stands for endoluminal functional lumen imaging probe. This newer technology is a minimally invasive way of measuring the area inside a gastrointestinal organ ...

Those button batteries that power your watch, key fob and other devices can be deadly if a child swallows them, and researchers want to make the danger clear. The tiny but powerful batteries can burn ...

How You'll Know: The sore throat is chronic and flares up when you’ve been exposed to allergens. Treatment: A two-stage attack. Start with an antihistamine and a nasal steroid. If those don’t work, ...

A 13-year-old girl was rushed to Bnei Zion Medical Center in Haifa after experiencing difficulty swallowing, where doctors ...

A laryngectomy is a major surgery that is done to remove your voice box, or larynx. Your larynx is the part of your throat that contains your voice box. It’s located at the upper end of your windpipe ...

After years of struggling to breathe and fearing she might suffocate in her sleep, Sonia Sein says she feels well enough to dance around with her grandchildren after undergoing the first-ever human ...