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 ...

Because of stigmas, misinformation and social discomfort, ostomies often are not discussed. But with nearly 750,000 people living in the United States with one, it’s time for that dialogue to begin.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Allison Rosen shares what life is really like as a colon cancer survivor. (Photo courtesy of Allison Rosen) Allison Rosen, 39, was ...

WILLIAMSBURG — WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WVEC) -- Molly Atwater doesn’t 'go' like most people, she has to use an ostomy bag. After living a year in pain and uncertainty, the William and Mary graduate student ...

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 ...

Sara Levitt is a model and content creator with over 43,000 followers on Instagram The 30-year-old is also a Crohn's disease and ostomy advocate For 15 years, she kept her ostomy bag hidden from the ...

SAGINAW, MI — Before Shontee R. McMillan was a model, she was self-conscious, depressed and suicidal as a result of a surgery that left her with an ostomy bag. She was diagnosed with rectal cancer in ...

Almost a million people in the United States live with an ostomy pouch worn outside their bodies to collect digestive waste, after their diseased intestines or bladders had to be removed. It’s the ...

This weekend, a woman named Leanne Hammond posted about her experience being fitted with an ostomy bag. Her brave story is going viral. In early 2015, when Hammond was 19 years old, she discovered ...

On his first flight following a colostomy for ulcerative colitis, my patient noted distension of his ostomy bag as his plane reached its cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. He barely made it to the rest ...