Colostomy surgery is a procedure where the colon or large intestine is diverted to an artificial opening on the lower section of the wall of the abdomen so that it can expel out fecal matter to the ...

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 ...

Colorectal cancer is any cancer that starts in the colon or the rectum. It is also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, depending on where the cancer starts. Colorectal cancer is ...

Doctors treating people with rectal cancers always hope they can avoid surgery, since that can lead to a lifelong reliance on colostomy New research suggests that MRI can be a powerful tool in ...

Brazil's new far-right president is undergoing surgery to remove the colostomy bag that was put into place after he was stabbed in September. President Jair Bolsonaro, speaking in a video from the ...

A mum-of-three died suddenly in hospital after undergoing routine surgery. Dolores Bollard, 55, went into Mater Private Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, for an operation to stop her from needing to use a ...

Adele Roberts has revealed she may be forced to undergo surgery after being unable to return her prolapsed stoma into it's bag, three years after having colostomy surgery following a battle with colon ...

After nearly 1,500 colostomy bags, Elizabeth Clark, 36, was preparing her final one – as she was about to have surgery that would mean she wouldn’t need them again. To thank the doctors who were going ...

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 ...

Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients have a ...