J-pouch surgery can successfully relieve symptoms of ulcerative colitis if medications and other treatments haven’t worked, but complications may arise. Depending on the type of irritable bowel ...

A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed supplement in pellet form reduced their methane emissions by almost 40% without ...

A jejunal feeding tube (jejunostomy or J-tube) may be required if the ... In general, percutaneously placed percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or combination PEG/percutaneous endoscopic ...

The decision to place a gastrostomy tube in an infant can be ... Reprinted with permission from The Decision to Place a Feeding Tube. Kids With Tubes News. 2000:12–13, a support group for ...

A schoolgirl was mauled to death by pigs after she was left home alone in charge of the family's smallholding. Milena Shevelyova, 17, went to the sty to feed the beasts when her parents were away ...

Citation: Sisson H et al (2024) Nasogastric tube feeding children and young people with restraint. Nursing Times [online]; 120: 12. Authors: Helen Sisson is senior lecturer in children’s nursing, City ...