Designer Destiny Pinto turns medical devices, such as ostomy bags and hearing aids, into fashion accessories.

TORONTO — Advocates for breast cancer survivors and people who have had ostomy surgeries, such as colostomies, are calling ...

Because flare-ups can involve frequent diarrhea, and severe cases may require surgical placement of an ostomy bag, IBD (which is the umbrella term for two conditions: Crohn’s disease and ...

Comedian Matt Forde has revealed he has had a stoma bag fitted after he had life-changing surgery after being diagnose with bone cancer. Just three months after his wedding to wife Laura ...

An AFL WAG battling a horrific bowel cancer diagnosis has shared some of the unexpected side effects of her illness.

The ileum is then sewn to the skin to hold it in place, and a bag (called an ostomy bag) is placed over the hole to collect stool. This hole is called a stoma. An ileostomy may be temporary or ...

A stoma is a hole (opening) made in the skin in front of your neck to allow you to breathe. It is at the base of your neck. Through this hole, air enters and leaves your windpipe (trachea) and lungs.

Jacobs said the challenges faced by ostomates include a lack of access to products that make living with a stoma manageable. While stoma patients with medical aid can afford halfway-decent ...

For the uninitiated, an ileostomy diverts digesting food through your small intestine to an opening, called a stoma, created on the abdomen. A colostomy has its opening farther down the digestive ...

She founded the organization Gutless and Glamorous with the mission of empowering those living with or contemplating ostomy surgery due to illness or injury. She also strives to erase the negative ...

Here, waste products form into feces before passing through ... the small intestine is connected to an opening in the abdominal wall, or stoma. Alternatively, the small intestine may be attached ...

A lthough some health conditions are spoken about with more nuance and understanding than in the past, inflammatory bowel ...