Nearly 450,000 Americans with swallowing or digestive problems manage tube feedings -- also called home enteral nutrition -- on their own. Some have temporary feeding tubes, while others leave the ...

At dinner time, Michaela Shelley doesn't fill a plate with meats and vegetables. Instead, the 14-year-old grabs a white, milky substance from the kitchen counter. “I wish I could eat everything ...

Brielle Trice has had a feeding tube since she was an infant. — -- When Brielle Trice sits down at the dinner table she gets her own plate and food along with her parents and siblings, but the ...

Necessity is often the mother of invention. And this is exactly how Robin Gentry McGee, founder and CEO of Nutritional Medicinals, located in Centerville, ended up creating the first whole-food and ...

The Bombacinos and their son, AJ, have learned a lot the past eight years. "We were thrown into this world of special needs feeding that we never really expected," mother Julie Bombacino says. When AJ ...

A new study shows that people fed vegan food through a tube saw improved digestion, strength, and overall health, no chewing ...

When AJ Bombacino was 6 months old, he suffered a 45-minute seizure out of the blue. “We were in complete shock, scared and confused,” said his father, Tony Bombacino. AJ had no health ailments and no ...

A new study finds positive outcomes associated with intensive multidisciplinary treatment for children with pediatric feeding disorder who may require a feeding tube to support growth and development.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Malnutrition — suspected to occur in 40% to 80% of patients with cancer — can negatively affect response to ...

My kitty, Keiki, is sick. She is almost 17 years old. She was losing weight and had normal blood tests and X-rays, but was vomiting. An abdominal ultrasound showed a small mass in the right upper ...

Elbert Eugene “Gene” Riggs Jr. went into Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for a stomachache. He ended up dying there — after a feeding tube was inserted into his right lung. The tube was left ...