VATICAN CITY – Pope John Paul II (search) is getting nutrition from a tube in his nose, the Vatican said Wednesday, shortly after the frail pontiff appeared at his window in St. Peter's Square and ...

ROME — Pope John Paul II is receiving added nutrition through a tube in his nose, the Vatican announced yesterday, acknowledging for the first time that the pontiff’s recovery from throat surgery has ...

VATICAN CITY _ Pope John Paul II on Wednesday (March 30) had a plastic feeding tube inserted into his nose, down the back of his throat and through his esophagus to carry nourishment directly to his ...

LONDON – The choice of a nasal feeding tube (search) instead of a stomach tube to boost the pope's nutrition indicates his doctors may be expecting the problem to be temporary, medical experts say.

ROME – Acknowledging that the pontiff’s recovery has been slow, the Vatican said yesterday that Pope John Paul II is now receiving nutrition through a feeding tube in his nose to give him strength.

Weight-obsessed women willing to do anything to get into that strapless wedding dress are resorting to a nasogastric tube diet, which pumps protein nourishment through the nose, down the esophagus and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you stop to think about it, it's pretty amazing how we get energy into our bodies. For most of us, we ingest calories orally by ...