A brave student — who will never eat a meal again due to a chronic digestive condition — has found solace in vlogging on YouTube to help others. Hannah Ritchie, 20, will never enjoy her favorite pizza ...

People with advanced dementia who received a permanent feeding tube spent more time in the hospital, had more events and were more likely to have received a nasogastric tube even though they had ...

A teenager has been given a second chance to “live again” after she was struck down with a rare condition that left her paralyzed and unable to eat. Barbara Sass, 19, will spend the rest of her life ...

VATICAN CITY – In another sign of Pope John Paul II’s growing frailty, the Vatican said yesterday that the 84-year-old pontiff was getting nutrition from a tube in his nose and acknowledged his ...

A healthy individual places food into their mouth, which they then chew and swallow. The food moves into the stomach from the esophagus, where it is digested and broken down before entering the small ...

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Cornbread stuffing — with its texture, time-consuming recipe, and taste — is Brenda Weech's favorite Thanksgiving dish. It conjures images of Weech's mama cooking it up for her and her brother in the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II is getting nutrition from a tube in his nose, the Vatican said today, shortly after the frail pontiff appeared at his window in St. Peter’s Square and managed only a ...

In another sign of his increasing frailty, the pope has begun receiving nutrition through a feeding tube in his nose, the Vatican said, acknowledging the pope's recovery from surgery last month has ...