Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of surgery in which a small ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County circuit judge says she’ll decide at a later date if the state’s health care provider for jail inmates was in contempt of court by not abiding by an order calling ...

For many individuals undergoing treatment for colorectal cancer, surgery can alter how the body eliminates waste, making an ostomy bag a necessary part of recovery and long-term care. Approximately ...

AN expandable tube that unblocks the bowel before surgery could lead to fewer cancer patients -- diagnosed as emergencies -- needing a colostomy bag. The Cancer Research UK-funded CReST trial ...

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 ...

A permanent ostomy bag and a long recovery are often associated with colorectal cancer surgery, but according to a surgeon at Baylor College of Medicine, advances in the field mean that these concerns ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jessica Grossman was faced with a difficult choice when she was 13 years old. "I was so sick that my intestines were basically ...

A private insurance company denied a Black Michigan inmate's $919 surgery because it was "too expensive." Now, they owe him ...