Because of stigmas, misinformation and social discomfort, ostomies often are not discussed. But with nearly 750,000 people living in the United States with one, it’s time for that dialogue to begin.

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: ...

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 ...

Colostomy surgery is a procedure where the colon or large intestine is diverted to an artificial opening on the lower section of the wall of the abdomen so that it can expel out fecal matter to the ...

Almost a million people in the United States live with an ostomy pouch worn outside their bodies to collect digestive waste, after their diseased intestines or bladders had to be removed. It’s the ...

"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 ...

When make-up artist and Crohn’s disease patient Bethany Townsend shared a photo via Facebook showing her lounging in the Mexican sun with her colostomy bag on her stomach, the image quickly went viral ...

I love having a colostomy bag. Don’t believe me? I’m serious. I can even poop while driving… talk about the ultimate multi-tasking device. And I can guarantee that my teenage self would be cringing at ...

There has been quite a lot in the media lately about ostomies – that is people with colostomy or ileostomy bags. With photographs of people flashing their stomas going viral and the #GetYourBellyOut ...

A young designer has taken fashion into medical territory and created a line of lingerie-style colostomy bags. James Shutt, 23, embarked on the innovative fashion task after realising how, contrary to ...