Sara Levitt on the beach; Sara Levitt with a full ostomy bag. Sara Levitt is breaking barriers in more ways than one. A lifelong battle with Crohn’s disease and years of living with an ostomy haven’t ...

A Oklahoma City homeless man suffered “severe injuries” after being beaten by a group of laughing teens, who reportedly ripped away his colostomy bag. Surveillance video shows a group of people ...

For many people diagnosed with colorectal cancer, surgery can bring lifesaving treatment but also lasting changes.

Bethany Townsend never expected that a bikini photo she posted on Facebook would go viral, or that the support she received from thousands of people would reignite her dream to become a model.

"If we don't talk about it, if we don't teach people, how are they going to know to accept us for who we are?" says Jessica Grossman, who founded the nonprofit Uncover Ostomy Jessica Grossman was ...

‘Doctors ignored my pleas for help after giving birth. Now I’m living with a colostomy bag’ - Rachel Cooper, 43, was sent home from hospital with an untreated birth injury and is still suffering years ...

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 ...

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 ...

BALTIMORE, MD – Jearlean Taylor doesn’t remember being diagnosed with cancer. She was just three years old when her sister noticed blood running down her leg as they played outside. After a series of ...