Jessica Grossman is making waves online when it comes to advocating for ostomy awareness. The Toronto-based model recently went viral after opening up about her experience undergoing ostomy surgery.

An expert offers three steps that patients can take to become more comfortable and confident with their ostomy after undergoing surgery for gastric cancer. After a patient with gastrointestinal cancer ...

Surgery may be an option to manage ulcerative colitis when treatment with medication and lifestyle changes isn’t effective, ...

Jessica Grossman was faced with a difficult choice when she was 13 years old. "I was so sick that my intestines were basically septic and the doctors gave me the option to have ostomy surgery," she ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not everyone with colorectal cancers and bowel diseases needs a colostomy. You may be able to avoid ostomy surgery, depending on the reason for it. A colostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an ...

World Ostomy Day happens this year. It is October 2nd. World Ostomy Day only happens every three years, and it is a massive effort of the International Ostomy Association and its affiliated ...

“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 ...

STUART — United Ostomy Associations of America (UOAA) estimates that 725,000 to 1 million people are living with an ostomy or continent diversion in the United States. An ostomy is a type of surgery ...

Colostomy prolapse is a complication of colostomy surgery where the bowel protrudes through the stoma. This complication can make it hard to care for the stoma and may affect quality of life. A ...

Some people have permanent ileostomies, but others may be eligible for an ileostomy reversal. The timing of an ileostomy reversal post-surgery may be different for each individual, depending on ...