A new study led by Brown University researchers reports that percutaneous endoscopic gastric (PEG) feeding tubes, long assumed to help bedridden dementia patients stave off or overcome pressure ulcers ...

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 ...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has updated its Practice Alert for feeding tube insertion and created a new Practice Alert covering aspiration prevention practices for tube-fed ...

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 ...

When Louis Valdez's mother could no longer eat and doctors asked if he wanted her fed through a tube, the answer was easy. She had been a proud and independent woman, and now that Essie Mae Ballard ...

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.

Wagga Wagga City Council will join communities across Australia in recognising Feeding Tube Awareness Week (FTAW) from Sunday ...

In a recent market intelligence analysis by Data Bridge Market Research, the Feeding Tubes Market was thoroughly examined. The recently released report utilizes an attractive format to showcase vital ...

FDA said it has received reports of two toddlers who died after being strangled by the their enteral feeding tube. In addition to raiding awareness of this issue, the agency said it is also working ...

DETROIT - Alex Callahan was born 13 weeks prematurely and had so many complications, including an aversion to food, that he spent the first three years of his life on a feeding tube. His sister, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new study led by Brown University researchers reports that percutaneous endoscopic gastric (PEG) feeding tubes, long assumed to help bedridden dementia patients ...