SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Gastrostomy the melrose thursday 10: Robert Forshay  Oct 9, 2009 She was silently aspirating, which meant that she had to eat a narrower amount of food, and eventually had to have a g-tube [gastrostomy tube] put in. All diseases are horrible, but ALS is particularly heinous. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA) Benefit concert set for Saturday  Sep 4, 2009 Alyssa takes all of her meals through a gastrostomy tube, and requires frequent doctor and hospital visits, but otherwise, the 11-year-old leads a relatively normal life. Shes doing very well with it, says Alyssas dad, Dennis Meisel. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA) Laser microsurgery for tongue cancer is as effective as invasive open surgery according to new study  Jul 21, 2009 In fact, no patients interviewed were using a gastrostomy tube after 18 months, with average gastrostomy use of just over three months overall. Finally, 69. (EurekAlert!) Scientific abstracts -- 2009 Annual Assembly, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine  Mar 28, 2009 Most patients had chronic utilization of some form of medical technology, with gastrostomy tubes (48. 9%) being most prevalent. (EurekAlert!) Levodopa for Parkinson’s Disease  Feb 26, 2009 4 Continuous intraduodenal infusion of carbidopa levodopa through a gastrostomy port reduced motor complications more effectively than all. . (New England Journal of Medicine) Back to Health News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009