Feeding Kids With Stuck Intestines: A Complete Guide
Pediatric intestinal pseudo-obstruction (PIPO) is a rare condition where a child's intestines don't move food through properly, even though nothing is …
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How Better Nutrition Helps Cancer Patients Feel Stronger
Researchers looked at 21 different studies involving over 2,100 adults with blood cancers to see if special nutrition programs could help them feel better and …
Read MoreBlood Thinners for People with Short Bowel: Which Works Better?
People with short bowel syndrome have difficulty absorbing nutrients and medications because part of their small intestine is missing or damaged. They often …
Read MoreCan Special Fats Help Sick Patients Keep Their Muscle Strength?
When people have severe infections (sepsis), their muscles become dangerously weak. Scientists wondered if giving patients special high-fat nutrition through …
Read MoreNew Way to Feed Premature Babies Helps Them Gain Weight Faster
Doctors tested a new method for feeding premature babies who were born smaller than expected. They compared two groups of 50 babies each. One group received …
Read MoreHow Smart Nutrition Saved a Severely Burned Patient's Life
This remarkable case describes how doctors kept a patient alive after burns covered 96% of their body—an injury that's usually fatal. The patient also …
Read MoreAllergic Reaction to IV Nutrition: How Doctors Found the Culprit
A woman receiving liquid nutrition through an IV developed a serious allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. Doctors used simple skin tests to figure out exactly …
Read MoreWhy Some Hospital Patients Need Different Vitamin Doses
When people are very sick in the hospital with digestive problems, they receive vitamins through special nutrition support. Researchers studied 478 critically …
Read MoreGiving Nutrition in Pulses Helps Protect the Liver
When people can't eat normally, doctors give them nutrition through an IV in a continuous stream. However, this can sometimes damage the liver over time. …
Read MoreSpecial Fat in Baby Nutrition May Help Prevent Serious Eye Problems
Researchers studied 87 premature babies in the hospital to see if a special type of nutrition liquid containing fish oil could help prevent eye problems that …
Read MoreNew Kidney Disease Nutrition Mix Boosts Vitamin Levels
Researchers tested a new nutritional formula designed specifically for people with chronic kidney disease. The formula, called OPF-109, contains updated …
Read MoreFeeding Tubes at End of Life: What Helps Sick Children and Families
When children with serious brain and nerve problems can't eat normally anymore, doctors sometimes use special feeding tubes that go directly into the …
Read MoreMany Hospital Patients Get Unnecessary Nutrition Tubes
Researchers looked at how often hospitals use a special type of nutrition support called peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) – basically liquid nutrition …
Read MoreWhen a Birth Defect Disappears: What Doctors Need to Know
Doctors discovered something unusual in a baby before birth: a condition called gastroschisis, where part of the intestines develop outside the belly. But by …
Read MorePharmacists Help Fix Electrolyte Problems in Hospital Nutrition
When patients can't eat normally, hospitals give them nutrition through IV tubes. This nutrition needs the right balance of minerals like potassium and sodium, …
Read MoreHospital Vitamins and Survival: What Doctors Found in Critically Ill Patients
Researchers studied 99 very sick hospital patients to understand vitamin levels in their blood and whether these levels affect survival chances. They measured …
Read MoreSpecial Fat Mix Helps Surgery Patients Recover Better
After surgery for a serious bile duct cancer called hilar cholangiocarcinoma, patients need extra nutrition to heal well. Researchers tested whether a new type …
Read MoreNew Guide Helps Doctors Know When Babies Can Eat After Bowel Surgery
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious intestinal problem that affects newborns and sometimes requires surgery. After surgery, doctors aren't always sure …
Read MoreHow Better Nutrition Helped a Cancer Patient Get Surgery
A 55-year-old man with pancreatic cancer lost a lot of weight and became too weak for treatment. Doctors gave him special nutrition through an IV (a tube in …
Read MoreMore People Using Nutrition Drinks and Feeding Tubes at Home
Researchers in France looked at 10 years of data to see how many people were using special nutrition products at home. They found that more and more people are …
Read MoreNew Drug Helps People With Severe Bowel Problems Need Less IV Nutrition
Researchers reviewed 23 studies about a new medicine called teduglutide that helps people whose intestines don't work properly. This condition, called …
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