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. Learn about how to prepare for a feeding tube ...

Ying says feeding tubes are often started with the intention of prolonging a person's life. Yet, "there is no evidence to show they help with survival," she says.

We have taken the approach of having a feeding tube there as a safety valve, but doing very aggressive speech and swallowing therapy during treatment and after treatment to maintain optimal ...

To insert a feeding tube, the patient is mildly sedated and a doctor makes a cut in the belly to put the tube directly into the stomach. The tube then becomes the regular pathway for delivering liquid ...

Luminoah aims to change this with a reinvented tube-feeding device that’s more portable, discreet and easy to use, and it has raised $6 million to bring its design to market.