Common surgical options for UC include ileostomy and J-pouch surgery. People typically consider surgery when other treatments aren’t working. Or they may get it right away if serious problems ...

A gut rehab surgery in 2016 left Debbie Kinder, 58, with an ileostomy that diverts waste from her small intestine to a wearable pouch. She started keeping her supplies — pouches, odor ...

Medicare considers ostomy bags and related supplies as prosthetic devices. This means Medicare should cover them as long as they’re ordered by a doctor or other healthcare professional who works ...

Johnson & Johnson MedTech reported that it has completed the first U.S. clinical cases of its Ottava surgical robot, with a ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can mimic some symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Learn how their causes, diagnosis ...

World War II veteran, Hershel “Woody” Williams, is recognized in several places in the Huntington area. The newest memorial ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;7(3):215-223. In a small pediatric case series, a manometry study of the neorecto-anal function revealed similar maximum neorectal tolerated threshold volume ...

You can have surgery to reverse your colostomy or ileostomy. It's called an ostomy reversal. Your surgeon will sew the ends of your intestine (bowel) back together. This surgery "reverses" your ...

US F-47 vs China J-36—two sixth-gen fighter jets fueling a new global arms race. Donald Trump announces Boeing’s F-47, boasting superior speed, stealth, and lethal capabilities.

Judge Luttig was appointed by President George H.W. Bush and served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1991 to 2006. President Trump has wasted no time in his second term in ...

A new type of painful gum disease that can last for years at a time has been discovered in users of trendy nicotine pouches, dentists have warned. Swedish experts say they have seen a rise in ...

On the other is Houston's low-post force J'Wan Roberts, who is in his sixth year with the program after committing to the Cougars before the transfer portal even launched. He has played for ...