Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stoma is an opening from an area inside your body to the outside, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. (Photo: ...

There has been quite a lot in the media lately about ostomies – that is people with colostomy or ileostomy bags. With photographs of people flashing their stomas going viral and the #GetYourBellyOut ...

An ostomy bag is an umbrella term for the types of bags that collect waste from surgical openings in your intestines or bladder. A colostomy bag is a type of ostomy bag used to collect stool. Share on ...

World Ostomy Day takes place every three years on the first Saturday in October. To mark this day on 2nd October, the stoma support charities (Colostomy UK, Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association (IA) ...

If your ulcerative colitis (UC) hasn’t responded well enough to treatment, your doctor may suggest surgery and an ostomy pouch. This might sound intimidating. But for people with certain birth defects ...

There’s still a lot of mystery (and stigma) surrounding stomas. One vlogger is out to change that. Share on Pinterest Meet Mona. She’s a stoma. Specifically, she’s Hannah Witton’s stoma. Hannah is a ...

If you’ve had an ostomy – a surgery that reroutes the way waste leaves your body – for ulcerative colitis (UC), the idea of exercise can seem intimidating. You might worry whether you’ll injure ...

An ileostomy and a colostomy are both forms of ostomy surgery. Although they are similar, ileostomies and colostomies involve different parts of the bowel. Ostomy surgery, or bowel diversion, is a ...

Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of surgery in which a small piece of the intestine is brought through the abdomen. An ...

Stoma bag wearers are hitting back against the stigma of wearing a bag - with a courageous and revealing calendar shoot. From a young woman flaunting her toned abs and ever-present stoma bag to a ...

Living with a stoma is challenging at the best of times. It gets harder when patients have to fight tooth and nail for access to dignified care. Now, ostomates have gathered at Helen Joseph Hospital ...

You may not know the word for it, but odds are you've seen a stoma bag before. But while these pouches can be lifesavers for people with certain health conditions, there's a lot the general public ...