When waste material passes through the colon, it can sometimes clog the appendix. This blockage allows bacteria to multiply ...

At first glance, the results of a recent meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics would indicate immediately operating on a child is the most effective treatment for uncomplicated acute appendicitis ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao has shared an update on her health after recently undergoing surgery for her "12 mm diameter appendix".

Bilophila wadsworthia bacteria, computer illustration. Anaerobic bile resistant bacterium found in lower parts of the human gastrointestinal tract, and implicated in a number of abdominal infections, ...

Pregnant women who underwent immediate surgery to treat a ruptured or abscessed appendix had lower risk of infectious complications compared with those whose complicated appendicitis was managed ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao underwent appendix surgery at a Mumbai hospital after a health scare. She is now discharged and ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The most common emergency surgical procedure in the U.S. is an appendectomy - removal of the appendix. But now there's mounting evidence that some patients can avoid or delay ...