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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Appendicitis is a condition in which the appendix, a finger-shaped pouch that opens into the large intestine, becomes swollen and filled with pus. Appendicitis can be caused by a bacterial infection ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen Colbert is away from late-night TV following emergency surgery last week — the comedian's appendix burst. That made us wonder: What does the appendix do for our body? And why are ...

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 ...