Medicare is quietly weighing a policy shift that could upend the lives of millions of Americans who depend on ostomy and urological supplies to survive. In November, regulators will decide whether to ...

An ostomy is a surgically created opening on your abdomen to drain stool. It is the end of the intestine that can be seen on the skin of your belly. There are two types of ostomies: ileostomy and ...

Additionally, there is a Quad-City chapter of the United Ostomy Association of America, which is based in Roseville, Minn. This organization helps patients live a normal life after surgery. It also ...

An ostomy is a surgery that creates a hole to allow stool (poop) or urine (pee) to leave your body through your belly. It’s a new exit route for waste if you can’t poop or pee the way you usually ...

An ostomy pouch is a collection system you wear on your body following a lifesaving ostomy surgery, which reroutes how your body expels waste. An ostomy pouch collects urine or feces from a stoma, an ...

P.E.I.'s Peer Support Group of the Ostomy Canada Society says more could be done to help those living with an ostomy. The group is applauding a new government program that provides financial ...