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 ...

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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This study helps to strengthen the evidence for careful hand-feeding, particularly for places where nasogastric ...

Placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube has become an 'essential' technique for children and young people with a wide range of problems with feeding and nutrition. Gastrostomy ...

Elbert Eugene “Gene” Riggs Jr. went into Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for a stomachache. He ended up dying there — after a feeding tube was inserted into his right lung. The tube was left ...

They call themselves “tubies” — people with certain medical conditions who accept long-term feeding tubes as the best or only way to nourish themselves. With the feeding tube in place, many resume ...

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.” ...