A stoma is an opening that a surgeon creates on a person’s abdomen to allow them to pass bodily waste. Stomas can be lifesaving for people with certain conditions. A person has ostomy surgery to ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Belinda Smith: A stoma is a portal in your body, it is most often built in during something like bowel ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend had a stoma created after years of managing Crohn's disease. She recently had surgery to repair a hernia. What is a stoma, and are these types of hernias common? What is ...

This is the first in a two-part unit examining nutrition for people with stomas. It outlines the three main types of stomas - colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy - and the principles of a healthy diet ...

The Traitors finalist Mollie Pearce says her "main goal" after the show is to raise awareness of disabilities and break the taboo around stomas. The BBC's hit reality series concluded on Friday, with ...

A woman who suffered years of pain because of Crohn's disease has said she wants to "normalise" having a stoma, because it has given her "a quality of life back I thought I would never get". Mandy ...

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) ...

YOU may not know it, but many people in Bundaberg are living with stomas and they come from all walks of life. A stoma is an opening in the stomach created to collect the body's waste and may be ...