Maintaining a healthy weight is not always as easy as managing your diet and exercising. Celebrating Healthy Weight Week is a good way to raise awareness for children who may require a different ...

A feeding tube, also known as a gavage tube, is used to give nutrition to infants who cannot eat on their own. The feeding tube is normally used in a hospital, but it can be used at home to feed ...

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 ...

Feeding tubes deliver nutrition, hydration, and medication directly to a person’s stomach or intestines. A healthcare professional will insert it through the nose, mouth, or abdomen. A person may not ...

Feeding birds is a great way to brighten a dreary winter day. You are not only helping our fine feathered friends survive and thrive during the coldest time of the year, but your family also will be ...

Follow these tips and tricks to make your yard a popular pit stop for all kinds of birds. Setting up bird feeders in your back yard is like creating a fast-food restaurant for your avian friends. It ...

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, ...

Considering lung collapse (pneumothorax) affects 2-5% of 35 million feeding tube placements every year worldwide, the safe placement of a nasogastric feeding tube requires special medical care.

Enteral nutrition is a cornerstone of supportive care in critically ill patients, and the methods for feeding tube placement have evolved markedly over recent decades. Early approaches relied on blind ...