Kendra Kline’s five-year-old son, John Henry, has relied on a feeding tube his entire life. “He has never eaten food by mouth,” she says. Born at just 26 weeks, he needed home oxygen supplies in ...

Not being able to eat doesn't mean I still don't crave food. Do I miss going for a pub meal or quickly nipping to Macdonalds for a burger? Of course I do. Do I get fed up dragging my feeding pumps ...

With CoapTech, Steven Tropello and Howard Carolan are working on new technology for replacing patients’ feeding tubes. The approach, called Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy, or PUG, utilizes a ...

Placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube has become an 'essential' technique for children and young people with a wide range of problems with feeding and nutrition. Gastrostomy ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German diversified healthcare group Fresenius is considering making a bid for the medical nutrition unit of France's Danone in what could be a 4 billion euro ($5.5 billion) deal, ...

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is proposing cuts to the reimbursement rates for certain services — like ...