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

Filmmaker Kiran Rao recently underwent appendix surgery and is recovering well. Her experience has renewed focus on ...

George Piano required an appendectomy after experiencing "severe abdominal pain," a lawsuit said. After his surgery, Piano said that he was experiencing abdominal ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen Colbert is away from late-night TV following emergency surgery last week — the comedian's appendix burst. That made us wonder: What does the appendix do for our body? And why are ...

A man is suing Washington surgeons, accusing them of removing a different organ during his appendix surgery. Complaint A Washington man who had surgery for an urgent appendix removal learned his ...

SEATTLE, Wash. - A routine appendectomy nearly turned fatal after a University of Washington Medical Center doctor allegedly removed part of the wrong organ by mistake. Now, a lawsuit seeks to hold ...

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?

UNDATED HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo shows us how a group of surgeons is giving terminal patients the will to live. Most patients whose cancer spreads through the stomach are given less than a ...

What appears to be appendicitis can actually be cancer of the appendix in some cases, especially in patients under the age of 50, a new study suggests. While antibiotics can be used instead of surgery ...

SEATTLE, Wa. — A man was left fighting for his life following an alleged botched surgery. And now he’s suing the doctor, accusing the defendants of “medical negligence.”, our new partners at KIRO in ...

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