The primary outcome is the dysphagia severity assessed using the Dysphagia Outcome and Severity Scale (DOSS). The secondary outcomes include time to improvement of one level from the baseline DOSS, ...

Megan Fredrick, 33, and Sherwood Johnson II, 37, of Live Oak, Calif., were arrested April 16 on charges of murder and child abuse causing death Sutter County Sheriff's Office Megan Fredrick and ...

A new study led by the University of Hertfordshire has highlighted the emotional toll faced by mothers of young children with Down syndrome who require tube feeding. The research, led by Dr. Laura K ...

A North Texas mother accused of medically abusing her 3-year-old son falsified records to get feeding tubes and forced him to use a wheelchair unnecessarily before CPS removed him from her care in ...

What began as a race to build better AI models has escalated into a competition for compute, talent, and control. Foundation models—large-scale systems trained on vast datasets to generate text, ...

Researchers developed aluminum structures that trap air bubbles, making them able to float perpetually in even the harshest environments. By Kenneth Chang Researchers say they have come up with a ...

Introduction: AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke recommends PEG placement in patients with persistent inability to swallow safely 2-3 weeks after their stroke, 1 ...

A Connecticut woman who was allegedly impersonating a licensed nurse and performing unauthorized procedures and the woman who owned the staffing agency that hired her have been arrested on multiple ...

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the co-administration of metoclopramide and probiotics on enteral feeding tolerance in mechanically ventilated patients after cranial surgery. From January ...

Objective: to evaluate three methods of nasogastric tube fixation in terms of adhesion, displacement and skin integrity. Method: ex vivo study, with a sample of 30 experimental noses (10 for each type ...