NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether or not a person with advanced dementia winds up with a feeding tube inserted down their throat may have more to do with economic concerns than his or her wishes, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This study helps to strengthen the evidence for careful hand-feeding, particularly for places where nasogastric ...

A collaboration study led by researchers from the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has found ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The robot-guided smART+ Platform vs. manual care for enteral feeding demonstrated higher feeding efficacy.

My husband says, "You’re feeding her like a teen addicted to fast food." I am. She had a Coca-Cola and a bar of chocolate for breakfast yesterday. She has so much sugar in her tea you could stand a ...

LANSING, Mich. — A new procedure at Sparrow Hospital is helping patients get the nutrition they need. Magnets are being used to track the feeding tube to the right spot in the stomach, according to ...

Evangelina Yzaguirre in her home in Alton on March 1. Yzaguirre a cancer patient at DHR Health, a local hospital system, receives food aid from the hospital pantry program. (Ben Lowy For The Texas ...

Detecting sarcopenia at baseline alongside markers of malnutrition could guide decision-making regarding the need for feeding tube placement in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma ...