"Three-dimensional treatment planning appears to have a significant impact on improving quality of life by reducing feeding tube dependency," said medical intern Linna Li, M.D., who presented the ...

Last week the Pope proclaimed that feeding tubes should never be withdrawn from any patient, ... Patients refuse life-sustaining treatment all the time in American hospitals.

The evidence indicates that the potential benefits of tube feeding do not outweigh the harms and treatment burdens, they added. "Moreover, tube feeding is associated with agitation, greater use of ...

Thomas A. Shannon points out correctly in his closely argued article "At the End of Life," February 18, 2008, that the use of a feeding tube for a person in a persistent vegetative state, which ...

The nasogastric feeding tube was created to deliver nutrition to sick and hospitalized people so they wouldn't starve. For 22-year-old Gabriella Calabresi, it served a totally different purpose.

A feeding tube, a long piece of plastic that goes from outside the body directly into the stomach, can provide life-sustaining nutrition to a child who otherwise can't consume enough to survive.

Three residents of the Austin State Supported Living Center were put on feeding tubes within two months of being injected with Dysport, a drug similar to Botox, according to state officials. Depart… ...

Stanley Tucci had to use a feeding tube for six months during his "brutal" battle ... The “Searching for Italy” host lost the ability to taste and eat as he received treatment for a tongue ...

“Judaism views nutrition and hydration by feeding tubes or intravenous lines not as medical treatment but as supportive care, no different from washing, turning or grooming a dying patient ...