Jane Locke went to her GP with all the 'usual symptoms' of haemorrhoids but was told by a consultant she had rectal cancer. The 66-year-old nearly died after a severe allergic reaction to chemotherapy ...

With its Regency mansions, grand seafront hotels and top-notch restaurants, Brighton is the seaside destination for millions of visitors each year.

Anna Cooper has been battling endometriosis for a big chunk of her life but says it is still heavily misunderstood and all ...

Persistence has paid off for a campaigner after a large retail chain backed his call for more stoma-friendly toilets. Tony ...

Readers reflect on their experiences of urostomy after reading our interview with Tracey Emin In your interview with Tracey Emin about A Second Life, her forthcoming major exhibition at Tate Modern, ...

A colectomy is a major surgery that takes weeks to recover from. Potential risks can include infection and organ damage. In a partial colectomy, the diseased part of the colon is removed, and the ...

BACKGROUND: The treatment of median and distal rectal cancer has evolved a lot in the last decades due to the dissemination of the technique of total mesortal excision and the use of neoadjuvant ...

Endoscopic recurrence was observed in one third of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) within 5 years of ileostomy placement, with ileal involvement and prior exposure to biologic therapy being ...

Entrepreneurs who build successful businesses often possess a unique ability to see what others don't—the critical bottlenecks hiding in plain sight that create frustration, inefficiency, and lost ...

Dating can feel daunting at the best of times, but imagine the difficulties faced by those with an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The lifelong ...

Growing up with a chronic illness, Sara Levitt was forced to undergo emergency colon surgery that left her with an ostomy bag. At age 13, Levitt, from Montreal, Canada, thought her life was over and ...