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...a gastrostomy tube, the conversation...of a feeding tube can feel like...child. But a G-tube isn't an...child. But a G-tube isn't an endpoint....placement, and what daily life with a feeding...with a feeding tube involves. When...Teams Recommend a G-Tube. Doctors...Recommend a G-Tube. Doctors consider...consider gastrostomy tube placement when...safety issue, tube feeding removes...

...a gastrostomy tube will experience...you're managing care at home. It's the...the reality of tube feeding. The tube...tube feeding. The tube is a foreign object...immediate emergency care. The Most Common...disability who are tube-fed report complications....leakage around the tube, tube dislodgement,...around the tube, tube dislodgement, and...during or after tube feeds are common....

...the sport. Oksana Masters added three golds to a career Paralympic medal total that now sits at 22. Italy...his fifth Gold of the Games across downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and now slalom. Switzerland's Robin...Switzerland's Robin Cuche, who already won the super-G, added the standing slalom title. Norway's Jesper...

...with three medal events at the Tofane Alpine SkiinG Centre in Cortina. Super-G and alpine combined have already run. Giant slalom uses two runs on the same...times for the final result. TiGhter gates and more technical turns than super-G make it a different test for every classification. Laurie Stephens carries...

...SkiinG Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo with six super-G events back to back, and by the time the sun left...heard its crowd roar for an Italian Gold. Men's Super-G: Kampschreur 48 Hours After a Crash. The sitting category...ran 1:13.08 to take Gold in the men's sitting super-G. Norway's Jesper Pedersen was second in 1:13.80. Andrew...

Day 3 opened para alpine skiinG with six super-G races in Cortina. Patrick Halgren took standing silver racing under the name of his late twin brother. Andrew Kurka added a bronze in the sitting field,...

...brother is watchinG. On Monday, March 9, at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Patrick Halgren won silver in the men's standing super-G. It was his first-ever Paralympic medal. Robin Cuche of Switzerland took gold with a time of 1:12.12. Halgren finished in 1:13.10. Jules Segers of France...

...motorcycle crash in New Zealand in December 2016. On Monday, in his first Paralympic Winter Games, Halgren crossed the finish of the men's standing Super-G in 1:13.10. Switzerland's Robin Cuche had gone 1:12.12 for gold. France's Jules Segers came in at 1:13.59 for bronze. Between them, Halgren stood with...

...yet. Six Go Monday. Para Alpine Skiing: Six Super-G Races in Cortina. Para alpine runs athletes in three...Guide, standing athletes, and sitting athletes. Super-G is one of the faster formats in the discipline, with...the 2006 Games when Kurka was just beginning his career. Laurie Stephens carries a...

...terrain, crestinG 100 kilometres per hour, and the winner is whoever gets to the bottom fastest. Technique matters, but commitment matters more. Super-G, the super giant slalom, is a close cousin: a little shorter, a few more gates, a bit more turning required. Both events reward athletes who are most...

...of a sittinG downhill course as the first Alaskan ever to reach the Winter Paralympics, and he came home with gold in the downhill and silver in super-G. He's heading to Milano Cortina 2026 for his fourth Games. Between competitions, he runs an accessible bed and breakfast in Alaska and recently earned...

...Games started. He never made it to the start. Four years later at PyeongChang, he went down the mountain and won gold in downhill, then silver in super-G. He became one of the most decorated para alpine skiers in U.S. history, with six World Championship medals alongside those Paralympic results. Then came...