LOWELL — A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly removing his colostomy bag and hurling it at hospital staff and police officers during a messy confrontation at Lowell General Hospital’s Saints ...

With this procedure, a surgically created opening in the abdomen allows bodily waste to be rerouted into what's called a stoma bag, or an ostomy bag, which needs to be emptied and cleaned periodically ...

Hong Xu receives funding from the Swedish Research Council . A simple urine test could reveal your risk of developing dementia decades before symptoms appear, a new study shows. For the study, my ...

Introduction: Enterostomy is widely used in the treatment of various diseases, especially in the treatment of colorectal malignant tumors. It remains to be determined which type of enterostomy can ...

Normal urine typically appears pale yellow to light amber, but liver problems can dramatically alter this familiar color pattern. When the liver struggles to function properly, waste products that ...

What started as a private health battle became a public journey of self-love and resilience, all while learning to rock an ostomy bag Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Researchers have developed two unique energy-efficient and cost-effective systems that use urea found in urine and wastewater to generate hydrogen. The unique systems reveal new pathways to ...

Thousands of gallons of ill-aimed pee could be spared from lavatory floors thanks to a new urinal design, scientists say. Around 1 million liters (264,172 gallons) of urine are spilled onto the floor ...

TV star Ben Grylls says he does it for survival – and teaches his reality show contestants to do the same. Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez practised this therapy to train for his 2009 fight with ...

Urine colour can provide important diagnostic information. For example, orange urine may indicate a urinary tract infection (UTI), liver disease, or bile duct disorder. Dr Marco Franzoi and colleagues ...