After 10 years, just over half the people in a trial of antibiotics for appendicitis have not needed an appendectomy.

Generally treated as a medical emergency, appendicitis can leave a person doubled over in agony. The most common symptom is abdominal pain, explains Dr. Martin Zielinski, a surgeon trained in critical ...

Medicare generally covers appendix surgery as it’s considered a medically necessary procedure, especially in emergencies like appendicitis. The extent of Medicare coverage and the out-of-pocket cost ...

Bindi Irwin has reportedly been rushed to hospital in the United States to undergo emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. According to her brother Robert Irwin, "she's going to be OK," however, ...

A team at Miaoli’s Da Chien General Hospital performed a C-section and removed the appendix of a 26-year-old woman who was 39 ...

For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, and textbooks labeled it a vestigial structure—something our ancestors ...

Just when we thought we had enough on our medical to-do list—Pap smears, mammograms, cholesterol checks, stress management, hydration, posture—now we’re hearing that appendix cancer is on the rise?

“Dancing With the Stars” professional dancer Julianne Hough has been diagnosed with endometriosis and will have her appendix removed, the two time “DWTS” championed announced in a statement on her Web ...

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