Smoking doesn't just cause lung cancer. It's also a major risk factor for cancers of the trachea, which is the main air passageway (also called the windpipe), and the larynx (the voice box). Laryngeal ...

Have you ever taken a gulp of water that goes down the wrong way? Or felt acid reflux bubbling up? It feels like your windpipe seizes up and you quickly emit a cough or maybe three. Researchers now ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Benjamin F. Asher, MD Key Takeaways Laryngeal cancer can cause hoarseness, a sore throat, and ...

Laryngotracheobronchitis is a form of croup, the term for a common group of respiratory conditions that mostly affect infants and children. It’s highly treatable with corticosteroids, rest, and ...

Following the rare, 21-hour surgery, Marty Kedian fulfilled his dream of reading his new granddaughter stories in his own voice Mayo Clinic A Massachusetts man is getting his voice back. After ...

CONGENITAL anomalies involving the larynx, trachea and esophagus are rare. Five types of tracheal and esophageal anomalies have been described by Ladd. 1 Sayre and Hall 2 reported 2 cases of anomalies ...

An artificial “voice box” has provided long-term relief for a throat cancer patient in France. The 56-year-old man can now speak with an intelligible whisper and breathe normally, said lead researcher ...

Although the transplanting of a human heart is the most dramatic feat of today’s surgery, it is not the most difficult. From the technical standpoint, implantation of a new lung is more delicate and ...

There are four stages of laryngeal cancer. They are slightly different depending on where in your larynx the cancer starts. Laryngeal cancer happens when abnormal (cancerous) cells start to grow in ...