A woman who has set up a support group for people with stomas is starting a new campaign to make public loos more accessible.

Emma Raynes has already completed two ultra marathons this year – covering 30 miles and 52 miles A nurse is preparing to take on a 100-mile ultramarathon to raise funds for a specialist stoma service ...

Over the years, [there have been some] really difficult situations to deal with – I was hospitalised last year while I was making my album, and lying in hospital, not knowing if I was going to be well ...

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For many people the prospect of living with a stoma can seem daunting. Concerns about appearance, relationships, travel and exercise are common, while misconceptions persist about everything from ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Belinda Smith: A stoma is a portal in your body, it is most often built in during something like bowel ...

Stoma nurses specialise in helping care for patients with urostomy and colostomy bags. SA's largest regional city has lost its two full-time stoma nurses, with one nurse now serving the entire South ...

She's about to take on an extraordinary 100-mile ultra marathon challenge ...

A stoma hernia, or parastomal hernia, may develop following an ileostomy. This happens when part of the intestine protrudes through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the stoma. Surgery can help ...

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