Israeli startup Fidmi Medical has developed a feeding tube that is easier to insert, making the procedure less complicated and saving on hospital costs. It also makes it easier on the patient for what ...

Tube feeding involves giving a liquid dietary formula through a flexible tube inserted into the digestive tract. It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be ...

A feeding tube is a device that’s inserted into your stomach through your abdomen. It’s used to supply nutrition when you have trouble eating. Feeding tube insertion is also called percutaneous ...

In my last article, I discussed making your wishes for treatment known in the event that you are unable to communicate those wishes. I have been asked to elaborate on the use of tube feedings in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Despite the common clinical practice of delaying feedings after [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)] ...

The Bombacinos and their son, AJ, have learned a lot the past eight years. "We were thrown into this world of special needs feeding that we never really expected," mother Julie Bombacino says. When AJ ...

Brielle Trice has had a feeding tube since she was an infant. — -- When Brielle Trice sits down at the dinner table she gets her own plate and food along with her parents and siblings, but the ...

Leading doctors say some dying patients are inappropriately being given stomach tubes for feeding. New guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) say every effort should be made to maintain ...