Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stoma is an opening from an area inside your body to the outside, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. (Photo: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sara Levitt (2) Sara Levitt on the beach; Sara Levitt with a full ostomy bag. Sara Levitt is a model and content creator with over ...

Growing up with ostomy bags in Baltimore, Maryland, fashion model Jearlean Taylor wasn't sure she would be able to pursue her dreams. Now, she's on a mission to inspire others to embrace what makes ...

British blogger Sam Cleasby explains the struggle of going out in public with a colostomy bag “Disability doesn’t just mean being in a wheelchair.” That’s the message English blogger Sam Cleasby hopes ...

I was 21 when I first became an ileostomy patient. An ileostomy is when the last part of the small intestine (ileum) is connected to a hole in the abdomen called a stoma, which allows stool to leave ...

After being left with two permanent ostomy bags, Jearlean Taylor wants to encourage other cancer survivors to embrace their differences Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for ...

Destiny Pinto's rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis led her to rethink how assistive devices like compression gloves could look.

Canadian model Sara Levitt is "breaking barriers" once again. On Thursday, the 29-year-old Montrealer took to Instagram to celebrate a milestone moment for body positivity and inclusion: being the ...

Jearlean Taylor wowed the owner of the modeling agency and school with her fierce walk, long legs and cover girl face. But underneath what looked like a flawless model body, Taylor carried a secret ...

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 ...

Ostomy surgery is a life-saving procedure that allows bodily waste to pass through a surgically created stoma on the abdomen into a prosthetic known as a pouch or ostomy bag on the outside of the body ...