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 ...

(BPT) - When we think of nutrition, what typically comes to mind are the foods we eat through the process of chewing and swallowing. However, a key determining factor in nutrition includes not only ...

Bombacino’s business is built on healthier food for her son, A.J. (Photo courtesy of Julie Bombacino) Julie Bombacino developed a nutritional food blend for her disabled son that’s now turned into a ...

Amanda Singer was 17 the first time someone snaked a tube up her nose, down the back of her throat and into her stomach—funneling a nutritional supplement into her body. Singer needed the feeding tube ...

BOSTON--August 16, 2016-- The proportion of nursing home residents with advanced dementia and eating dependency who received feeding tubes decreased by approximately 50% between 2000 and 2014 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HARRAH, Okla. (KFOR) – An Oklahoma woman ...