Seeing a child receive the diagnosis "failure to thrive" can be painful for parents. There's a new diagnosis available called pediatric feeding disorder. It allows treatments, medications, therapies, ...
PHOENIX — Like most kids, little Ari Flicek loves cookies. Like most moms, Athena Flicek is happy to see him eating fruits and vegetables. But unlike most families, the Flicek’s long struggled to get ...
For many families, mealtimes can be a battle. Trying to get kids to try something outside the endless cycle of chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese can feel like a never-ending negotiation. But ...
Pediatric gastrostomy tube feeding is an essential intervention for children who are unable to meet their nutritional needs via oral intake alone. This procedure, which involves the surgical placement ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - When Nolan Milligan was six months old, his mother, Katelyn, said he was hesitant to try solid foods. “We started giving him tastes of what we had, but we noticed that once ...
CoapTech Inc., a medical device company spun out of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, has received FDA approval for a clinical trial for a device designed to provide a safer and more efficient ...
Bryant Silbaugh, assistant professor of special education in The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, leads innovative behavioral research ...
According to Feeding Alabama, about one in five children in the state experiences hunger. In honor of September being Hunger ...