Pediatric patients with intestinal failure often need gastrostomy tubes, or feeding tubes inserted into an opening created in the stomach, for long-term nutrition. The use of such tubes can lead to ...

Not being able to eat doesn't mean I still don't crave food. Do I miss going for a pub meal or quickly nipping to Macdonalds for a burger? Of course I do. Do I get fed up dragging my feeding pumps ...

A Wisconsin woman is taking legal action after learning a feeding tube was allegedly left inside her body during surgery nearly 35 years ago. In 1989, Deborah Lowe was pregnant with twins when she ...

Enteral nutrition what goes through a tube feeding to replace or supplement oral nutrition. If you cannot get enough nutrition by eating or drinking through your mouth, you may need a feeding tube.

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Feeding tubes are designed to nourish patients, not deprive them of calories and hasten weight loss. News reports of a feeding tube diet popped up, followed by a slew of TV reports on the new “trend.” ...

Doctors inserted a feeding tube in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stomach on Wednesday, according to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital, where he is being treated for a massive stroke. Sharon, 77, ...

A devoted dad glued a feeding tube port on his stomach in an effort to support his three-year-old son, who suffers from a heart defect. Robert Selby, from Virginia, shared a photo to Instagram of him ...

A dad is winning the Internet for the special way he is supporting his young son who was born with a congenital heart defect. Robert Selby, 33 from Virginia shared a topless image of himself alongside ...