Your kid has been complaining of a stomachache for a couple hours, and none of the normal tricks — warm tea, Tylenol, lots of rest — are helping. Soon, the familiar anxiety starts to rear its head: is ...

That sudden pain in your abdomen might just be indigestion—or it could be something far more serious. When it comes to appendicitis, knowing the difference could save your life. This potentially ...

The appendix is a tiny, finger-shaped, almost four-inch-long tube that originates out from the colon or comes out of a part of the large intestine. When this small organ becomes inflamed or swollen, ...

Medicare pays for appendix surgery when medically necessary. The surgery may vary depending on the situation. Medicare covers surgeries deemed medically necessary. Since appendicitis is considered a ...

Jay N. Yepuri, MD, MS, FACG, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and member of the Digestive Health Associates of Texas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. You can sometimes treat ...

Stump appendicitis is a rare complication that occurs when the residual appendix becomes inflamed after an appendectomy. It is estimated to occur in between 0.002% and 0.15% of cases, although it may ...

For decades, the appendix has been dismissed as a useless organ — a leftover from human evolution with no real function.

If you recall having surgery as a kid, chances are you had your appendix out. Appendectomies trail only circumcisions on the list of the most common pediatric surgeries in U.S. hospitals. Each year ...

Appendicitis patients could soon be spared the ordeal of surgery and treated with antibiotics. The current treatment, called an appendectomy, is carried out around 70,000 times a year in the UK and ...

Kiran Rao, the renowned film director of ‘Laapataa Ladies’, recently found herself dealing with a medical issue at the start ...

Thousands of people in the UK, particularly young women, are having their appendix removed unnecessarily, according to new research. A study conducted by the University of Birmingham has found that ...