Zones 4-9 | - | Blooming Late Spring - Summer. Honeysuckle and Trumpet Vine are wonderful flowering vines that will beautify your garden and keep your neighborhood hummingbirds well fed and happy. Honeysuckle (Lonicera) are best planted where they receive a bit of afternoon shade in hotter climates.
Noninvasive electrical stimulation to the brain may improve swallowing ability among stroke survivors, which may help avoid life-threatening complications, new research suggests.
Stroke and Dysphagia. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or severely reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die. Stroke can affect the areas of the brain that control the muscles of chewing. This causes difficulty generating a mass of food that is soft and small enough to be swallowed. Indirectly, this leads to dysphagia. This is why for many people, jaw exercises can dramatically improve the ability to swallow.