http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/06/16/swallow-safely-book-promotion/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/06/16/swallow-safely-book-promotion/#comment-2806 Julie Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:16:31 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2061#comment-2806 This is an actual problem that I never knew about until it happened to my father. Apparently, the esophagus, a muscle, loses quite a bit of strength or elasticity as we age and makes it more difficult to swallow. Quite scary as my dad had this problem while driving and almost caused him to pass out!

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