NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (UPI) --If a piece of turkey becomes lodged in your throat this holiday season, experts recommend against trying to free it with cola -- an old wives' tale given new life through ...

While oral medications are generally considered safer and more convenient than injections or inhalations, sometimes a simple ...

Swallowing is an essential bodily process that allows the mouth to move substances, such as food or liquids, to the stomach ...

Every year, people around the world take an astonishing 3.8 trillion doses of medicine. Most of these medicines are swallowed rather than injected or inhaled, because the oral route is the easiest, ...