Learn when to consider a feeding tube for ALS, how it supports nutrition, what you can still eat or drink, and options tailored to your needs.

Many physicians would personally prefer to avoid life-sustaining practices if they had advanced cancer or Alzheimer disease.

Feeding tubes should be flushed with 15–30 mL of water before and after drug delivery. When several medications are being given at the same time, each one should be administered separately.

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According to a 2020 study conducted by Nir Menachemi and Paul Halverson for Indiana University (IU) Indianapolis’ Richard M.

The 32-year-old has been living on a feeding tube for the past nine years amid fears that not doing so could have dire consequences. While she was growing up, Liu Kaixin lived life in a state of ...

Becca Finlay who was diagnosed with Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS) says her life has been "ripped away".