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Ailing pope fitted with nasal feeding tube; Device aids Parkinson's patients.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 31-MAR-05 		Format: Online - approximately 577 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ailing pope fitted with nasal feeding tube; Device aids Parkinson's patients.(NATION)

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Byline: Joyce Howard Price, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

As Terri Schiavo's parents continued their battle to have the Florida woman's stomach feeding tube restored, Pope John Paul II yesterday began receiving nutrition from a tube placed in his nose, the Vatican announced.

"There are several ways to feed a patient" who has difficulty swallowing, or can't swallow, said Dr. Michael Gauderer, director of surgery at Greenville Children's Hospital in South Carolina.

He said one method uses a device known as the "nasogastric tube," which the pope...

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