Following her surgery, Daisy, from Redditch in Worcestershire, now has a stoma - an opening in her stomach where waste can be excreted into a stoma bag. Daisy is under the care of Birmingham ...

Ischemic cascade. The relay of extracellular and intracellular processes leading to pathogenic states and eventually to cell death. Glutamate uptake via EAATs serves as a major mechanism for ...

An ostomy is a surgical procedure creating an opening, or "stoma," on the abdomen to allow waste to exit the body. This may be essential due to conditions like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis ...

And a heart attack can be quickly followed by a stroke. An acute stroke can make it difficult to perceive or communicate the symptoms of a heart attack, In the days after a stroke, you would be ...

An acute stroke, like most forms of stroke, starts suddenly and worsens rapidly. Some strokes may be preceded by a transient ischemic attack (TIA), a temporary stroke that resolves before causing any ...

A colostomy is an operation to create an opening (stoma) of the large bowel (colon) onto the surface of the tummy (abdomen). Your poo no longer passes out of your body through your back passage.

In an effort to resolve this controversy, several pilot clinical trials have been initiated. In this review, we discuss the results of some of these trials and available evidence-based guidelines for ...