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 ...

Your doctor may recommend a feeding tube if you have throat cancer and can‘t consume enough nutrients. The length of time may vary depending on the exact reasons for the feeding tube. Every year, over ...

Oct. 27, 2004 — The Entristar gastrostomy tube system is beneficial for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to the results of a retrospective study published in the November ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

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