Ostomy

An ostomy is an opening in your stomach that is made by surgery to let solid or liquid waste leave your body.

Trust Your Gut

Colonoscopy

A colonoscopy is a procedure performed by a doctor called a gastroenterologist, who uses a colonoscope to look inside the colon and check for diseases like cancer or colitis.

Colorectal cancer screening: What to expect when paying

Learn what to expect and what to do if you get a bill you were not expecting after having a colorectal cancer screening.

Small bowel capsule endoscopy

A small bowel capsule endoscopy is a procedure to view the small intestine by having the patient swallow a capsule the size of a large pill, which has a camera inside.

Crohn’s disease

Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Symptoms include inflammation in the digestive tract, belly pain and cramps, diarrhea, weight loss, and rectal bleeding

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is characterized by chronic inflammation in the digestive tract. The two main types are ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.