Filmmaker Kiran Rao recently underwent appendix surgery and is recovering well. Her experience has renewed focus on ...

When waste material passes through the colon, it can sometimes clog the appendix. This blockage allows bacteria to multiply ...

Discover the surprising role of the appendix in immunity and gut health, alongside insights on appendicitis and treatment ...

In complicated appendicitis cases, routine post-operative antibiotics did not help reduce infections in a recent study conducted at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute and Olive View-UCLA ...

Researchers have evaluated data over a 36-year period from the National Hospital Discharge Survey and concluded that appendicitis may be caused by undetermined viral infection or infections. Can you ...

When your kids tell you they have a tummy ache how do you know if it’s the latest stomach bug or something more serious. Dr. Brian Aldred with Five Star ER joined us in the studio with more details.

Fifteen-year-old Paige Bebee just won the 2015 University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Eureka science prize for a short video she created explaining the origin of the appendix and dispelling the myth that ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao shared a health update after undergoing appendix surgery, thanking the timely medical care for a ...

We have all seen movies, series, and have known of someone in our lives who got their appendix removed. But do we know what this organ's actual role is? It is a small finger-like pouch, but has a role ...

OG Anunoby has missed the entire postseason thus far, and it is hardly shocking now that we have an idea of what exactly he was dealing with. On Wednesday’s eve of the NBA Finals, the Toronto Raptors ...

Pune: A two-year-old son of an autorickshaw driver was successfully treated at a city hospital after being brought in an ...

Can you catch appendicitis? And if you do, is it necessarily an emergency that demands immediate surgery? Yes and no, according to a new study by UT Southwestern Medical Centre. The researchers ...