“We can’t keep taking sections out of your gut and suturing you back together. It’s time to discuss ostomy surgery,” my doctor said. I was 34. My reaction was ...

Prolapsed stoma is when a piece of your intestine pushes out through the stoma, or opening, in your belly. It’s a possible complication of colostomy or ileostomy surgery. A prolapsed stoma may look ...

Renee Welsh had a colostomy when she was 32 because of severe Crohn's disease. Now, she's built a TikTok following dedicated to representation. This is her story, as told to Kelly Burch. Since I was 9 ...

OCEANSIDE — Often when people who have had ostomy surgeryattend their first support group meeting, they believe they havebeen sent to the wrong place because the people in the room look nodifferent ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am responding to a recent letter from a reader anxious about undergoing a colonoscopy. One of her concerns was a possible perforation requiring additional surgery and a temporary ...

Manhasset-based North Shore University Hospital, part of the Northwell Health system, has opened an ostomy clinic. Ostomy surgery allows waste or urine pass through an opening in the abdomen to a ...

LANSING, Mich. – A former Michigan inmate is suing state jail and prison health care providers, saying he didn't get needed surgery. Former prisoner Kohchise Jackson, who was incarcerated in prisons ...

The steps I took to find my rhythm began many years ago. I grew up watching Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand,” jitterbugging in front of the small, square, black and white television in the living ...

DUBLIN, Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Ostomy/Stoma Care Market Share, Size, Trends, Industry Analysis Report, By Product; By End-Use; By Region, Segment Forecast, 2021 - 2028" report has been ...

I didn't know what my life would be like after ostomy surgery, and I was still terrified of my decision to go ahead with the surgical procedure. The surgeon explained how he would surgically remove ...