You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...

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 ...

You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...

The appendix is a small organ situated between the small and large intestines. For a long time, scientists didn't know its function and deemed it useless. In fact, it was seen as potentially dangerous ...

Unexpected medical emergencies can happen in an instant -- and for a handful of celebrities, they had no idea that their appendix was just hours from rupturing. Appendicitis can be a scary situation, ...

Bindi Irwin is on the road to recovery and taking the time to heal after suffering a ruptured appendix earlier this month. Irwin, the daughter of late animal advocate Steve Irwin, was forced to miss ...

Among patients with ulcerative colitis in remission who had been treated for a disease relapse, those who underwent laparoscopic appendicectomy combined with standard medical therapy had lower relapse ...

On June 19, Webster took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to announce that he had been hospitalized and that he would have to undergo surgery to remove his appendix, something he wasn't happy about as ...

The IBF I/C heavyweight clash between Erkan Teper and Yohan Duhaupas, set for December 13 in Munich, is off as Teper had to have his appendix removed. Whether or not the fight will be rescheduled is ...

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?