Tube feeding involves giving a liquid dietary formula through a flexible tube inserted into the digestive tract. It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be ...

While a healthy, balanced diet improves quality of life, people suffering from common symptoms of advanced dementia often have a weak swallow or lose the ability to swallow safely, especially toward ...

Your doctor may recommend a feeding tube if you have throat cancer and can‘t consume enough nutrients. The length of time may vary depending on the exact reasons for the feeding tube. Every year, over ...

Considering lung collapse (pneumothorax) affects 2-5% of 35 million feeding tube placements every year worldwide, the safe placement of a nasogastric feeding tube requires special medical care.

The FDA is warning on the potential risk of strangulation among children using enteral feeding systems. In a safety alert issued on Tuesday, the agency said two toddlers died last year after becoming ...

Around 444,000 people in the U.S. use gastrostomy tubes, but they come with significant risks and hassles. High-tech G-tubes could change that. Around 440,000 people in the U.S. use a gastrostomy tube ...

Q. How long can a person go without food and water? If you are dying, can a hospital withhold food and water from you if that is what the family wants? What are the results of not having water or food ...

A new study finds positive outcomes associated with intensive multidisciplinary treatment for children with pediatric feeding disorder who may require a feeding tube to support growth and development.

Fully a third of patients who have certain feeding tubes placed for Parkinson’s disease-related dysphagia are discharged to an eldercare facility, a new outcomes study has found. Investigators ...

At dinner time, Michaela Shelley doesn't fill a plate with meats and vegetables. Instead, the 14-year-old grabs a white, milky substance from the kitchen counter. “I wish I could eat everything ...

Pune, India, April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The North America feeding tubes market is set to gain momentum from the increasing shift of people towards enteral feeding from parenteral feeding ...