A colostomy is a type of ostomy surgery. Ostomy describes any surgery where an opening is made from an internal organ to the body's surface. In a colostomy, the opening is made from the colon (or ...

If your ulcerative colitis (UC) hasn’t responded well enough to treatment, your doctor may suggest surgery and an ostomy pouch. This might sound intimidating. But for people with certain birth ...

Speaking at the launch of an art project for addicts in recovery she said: "It’s got so bad that young children are ending up with urostomy bags and things like that because it does cause ...

What owner Caren McSherry calls "the elite thing" this Christmas is a stainless-steel, brass-spigoted three-litre olive-oil dispenser from Italy ($189). Goes well with the granite kitchen.