A WOMAN was left paralysed from the neck down after getting weight loss surgery in Turkey. Weighing 28 stone and barely able ...

Mayor Cllr Steve Beasant (East Marsh Ward) began the 24-hour challenge outside Immingham Civic Centre at 9 o'clock on April 1 ...

An ultra-fit and healthy 55-year-old woman was left unable to use the toilet for three weeks while on holiday in Turkey and ...

Far fewer children now need hospital procedures to remove objects from throats, noses and airways, as per figures in The ...

Cancer treatment and rounds of appointments can keep patients busy and reassured, but when they end, many feel alone. This is ...

Debbie Kinder of Charleston, West Virginia has used an ostomy bag for around four years. Her nonprofit, Kinder's Closet, ...

Pressure is mounting for tighter rules over the sale of magnetic toys including balls and beads which are increasingly putting in peril youngsters who swallow them.

After being diagnosed with rectal cancer, Iona Woolmington learned she needed an ileostomy. Her experience led her to write ...

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 ...

Doctors typically treat Hirschsprung disease with surgery to remove part of the intestine. Learn about surgical procedures, recovery, and more.

You have it under general anaesthetic, so you are in a deep sleep. Most people need surgery to remove all or part of their stomach. You won’t need a stoma (bag). For very small, early cancers you ...

Different types of abdominal surgery can treat a variety of conditions. After any abdominal surgery, once you have been cleared by the surgeon to participate in regular activities, an exercise regimen ...