People who suffer from acute appendicitis may be successfully treated with antibiotics and not have to undergo a surgical operation to remove their inflamed appendix, researchers of a new study have ...

Two in three operations to remove a patient's appendix may be unnecessary, according to a new British study. Doctors often wrongly believe that surgery is the only way to treat appendicitis -- an ...

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 ...

Hundreds of children are having needless operations to remove their appendix ever year, researchers have warned. One in six children who underwent surgery for appendicitis actually had a healthy organ ...

Norah O’Donnell is on the mend after having an emergency appendectomy when she developed appendicitis on vacation. The CBS This Morning co-anchor revealed that she was having the procedure done on ...

Thousands of women in the UK have their appendix removed for no reason, costing the NHS millions of pounds. Scientists looked at data for more than 5,000 patients in ...

According to the World Health Organization, in the year 2015, more than one crore cases of appendicitis were reported, out of which 50,100 of these succumbed to the disease. Appendicitis is a ...