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More than half of people who receive antibiotics to treat appendicitis do not see their disease come back 10 years after the initial illness, a new study shows. The data come from one of the first ...

In patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, initial antibiotic treatment yielded a true recurrence rate of nearly 38% over 10 years. More than half of the patients treated with antibiotics avoided ...

About The Study: Among patients initially treated with antibiotics for uncomplicated acute appendicitis, the rate of recurrence and appendectomy at 10-year follow-up supports the use of antibiotics as ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

The Cardinals will have to play the 49ers on Sunday without the help of wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. Harrison was diagnosed with appendicitis earlier this week and had surgery to address it. Head ...

If the Arizona Cardinals are hoping to pull off an upset over the division-rival San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, they'll need to do it without one of their best players. Wideout Marvin Harrison Jr.

Gannon told reporters that Marvin Harrison Jr. had surgery earlier this week. Jared C. Tilton / Getty Images Arizona Cardinals receiver Marvin Harrison, Jr., will miss Sunday’s game against the San ...

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. underwent surgery this week to treat appendicitis, according to Darren Urban of the team's official website. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, Harrison will ...

Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis came with higher risks of treatment failure and serious complications within a year compared with appendectomy. Researchers ...