Nearly 450,000 Americans with swallowing or digestive problems manage tube feedings -- also called home enteral nutrition -- on their own. Some have temporary feeding tubes, while others leave the ...
One-third of U.S. nursing home patients in the final stages of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia are given feeding tubes, despite evidence that the practice serves no benefit and may even cause ...
This study evaluated nutrition after oesophago-gastric resection and the influence of home jejunostomy feeding in the six months after surgery. Supplementary jejunostomy feeding made an important ...
A new study measured use of feeding tubes in Canadian nursing home residents, finding similar trends to those in the United States. Many people with advanced dementia have a hard time eating, but ...
As soon as Traci Nagy's 5-year-old son, Lucas, gets home from kindergarten, she slips a small camouflage-colored backpack over his small shoulders before he goes outside to play or tumbles on the ...
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.” ...
According to a study appearing in the February issue of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, physicians at Nationwide Children's were able to help 15 out of 20 infants with severe ...
"Putting a feeding tube in my mother was the worst decision we ever made. I will not make that mistake with my father." The speaker's father had a Living Will stating that he did not want a feeding ...
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Enteral Feeding Tubes - Global Strategic Business Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Global Enteral Feeding Tubes Market to Reach $4.1 ...