Like Karen Ann Quinlan, her fellow Morris County native, Nancy Ellen Jobes set a precedent for end-of-life care. Why isn't ...

“It destroyed everything in my mouth,” he recollects. “I had a feeding tube, not down my throat but in my stomach, for six months, and the recovery has been a long one.” ...

Cheyenne Woods' daughter, Maya, was diagnosed with failure to thrive as an infant and required an NG tube for feeding. Maya was later diagnosed with laryngomalacia and neurofibromatosis (NF1). Woods ...

MISS PAUL DESCRIBES FEEDING BY FORCE; American Suffragette in Holloway Jail Lay Abed During Whole of 30-Day Sentence. REFUSED PRISON CLOTHES Three Wardresses and Two Doctors Held Her While Food ...

GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, is a long-term (chronic) digestive disorder. It happens when stomach contents flow back up (reflux) into the food pipe (esophagus).

A feeding tube provides nutrition when you can't eat or drink normally. Learn about its types and what it's like to live with one.

Surgery or radiotherapy for head and neck cancers can change how you eat and drink. You may have a feeding tube. We have tips to help you cope.

This review discusses advances in enteral access procedures that have considerably broadened the indications for tube feeding and have led to a substantial reduction in the need for total ...

Feeding tubes come with their risks, including infection, accidental dislodging, and the need for ongoing care and monitoring. In severe dementia, these risks can sometimes outweigh the benefits. In ...

A feeding tube insertion procedure, which is also called a gastrostomy, is a surgery where a feeding tube is installed in the patient's stomach through an abdominal incision. Feeding tube insertion ...

Stanley Tucci, 60, Says Radiation for Oral Cancer Left Him Bedridden With a Feeding Tube For Six Months: ‘Drinking Water Burned My Mouth So Much’ ...