Congress has chosen to weigh into what is a local issue of feeding tubes. We should remove Congress’ feeding tube. The public’s feeding tube, after retirement, is primarily Social Security. When ...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has updated its Practice Alert for feeding tube insertion and created a new Practice Alert covering aspiration prevention practices for tube-fed ...

DETROIT - Alex Callahan was born 13 weeks prematurely and had so many complications, including an aversion to food, that he spent the first three years of his life on a feeding tube. His sister, ...

Enteral feeding, also called tube feeding, is a method of feeding that provides nutrition and calories when a person can’t chew or swallow. This generally involves providing nutrition through a tube ...

While a healthy, balanced diet improves quality of life, people suffering from common symptoms of advanced dementia often have a weak swallow or lose the ability to swallow safely, especially toward ...

The FDA is warning on the potential risk of strangulation among children using enteral feeding systems. In a safety alert issued on Tuesday, the agency said two toddlers died last year after becoming ...

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 ...

FDA said it has received reports of two toddlers who died after being strangled by the their enteral feeding tube. In addition to raiding awareness of this issue, the agency said it is also working ...