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 ...

FLEMINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2005--In a survey of 851 U.S. physicians conducted by HCD Research and The Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies during March 18 - ...

Surrogates perceived that feeding tubes had greater benefits for patients with dementia than actually exist, results of small prospective survey indicate. “Feeding patients with dementia through ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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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 ...

A PhD candidate whose research aims to address the challenges faced by families of children with temporary feeding tubes has won The University of Queensland's 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final. Ms ...

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 ...