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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...