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A Simpler, Faster Way to Insert Feeding Tubes; Gout Attacks in the Hospital; Nutrition Labels in Menus; Uterine Cancer and Weight

Inserting a feeding tube can be challenging, but by using a novel, simple technique without special tools, expensive equipment, or drugs, physicians from The University of Tokushima Graduate School and Tokushima University Hospital, both in Tokushima, Japan, were able to successfully place postpyloric feeding tubes in 40 of 41 patients—in about 15 minutes.


 

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