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: ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Holly April has been documenting her life with a stoma bag and is a campaigner advocating for people with disabilities (Credit: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leaking is a common problem that affects people with colostomy bags. Your bag may leak for many reasons, such as wearing away of your skin around your stomach or allowing your bag to become too full.

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 ...

In November 2021, 29-year-old Holly Fleet was in an emergency ward, undergoing surgery to remove her colon. Just over a year later, she is pregnant with her first baby. Fleet, aka Stomababe, was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...