A nasogastric tube is a flexible plastic tube inserted through the nose, down the esophagus, and into the stomach. Its ...

The use of physical restraint on children at Edinburgh’s in-patient mental health unit needs improvement, a report has said. An unannounced inspection of the Melville Unit at the city’s Royal Hospital ...

The inspection of the Melville Unit in Edinburgh was the first in a series of visits to psychiatric wards ordered following ...

People are travelling to places like Turkey to get weight loss surgery, knee replacements and cosmetic procedures for lower prices. Photo: RNZ A New Zealand woman spent 12 weeks in hospital and has to ...

Somebody who can’t eat or drink through their mouth may be given liquid food through a tube into their stomach. This is called enteral tube feeding. The tube passes through their nose into their ...

Mr. V was 53 years old, college educated, divorced for 15 years, and with one teenage son when he began to develop symptoms of hypotension, impotence, and dizziness as well as a general feeling of ...

My mom has dementia and problems with her esophagus due to diverticulitis, which has stopped her from eating normal foods. She never listened to my advice to stop eating everything she wanted, and now ...

Enteral feeding, also called tube feeding, is a method of feeding that provides nutrition and calories when a person can’t chew or swallow. This generally involves providing nutrition through a tube ...

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is the medical term for receiving nutrients intravenously (by IV, meaning by a needle in your vein). There are two types of parenteral nutrition: total parenteral nutrition ...