"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert cancelled this week's episodes while he recovers from an appendectomy, he announced on Threads. "Going forward, all emails to my appendix will be handled by my ...

The man said Grok told him to demand a CT scan after he endured almost 24 hours of severe stomach pain, and was sent home from ER with acid blockers. This Redditor says Grok told him to get a CT scan, ...

Neonatal appendicitis is a rare and often life-threatening condition due to its non-specific presentation and diagnostic overlap with other neonatal abdominal pathologies. We describe a case of a ...

Pulsing ultrasound waves through the brain could improve survival after a type of stroke by helping to clear out inflammatory dead blood cells, according to a study in mice. The approach, which ...

The appendix was long thought to be useless. It’s removed in cases of appendicitis — inflammation that's especially common in children. But new research shows it may play a crucial role in supporting ...

Dipa Kamdar does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Lauren O’Connor, MS, RDN, is a health and lifestyle writer and five-time cookbook author based in Los Angeles. She is a registered dietitian with over 15 years of experience in the field, specializing ...

Appendix cancer cases are rising among Generation X and millennials — a trend that researchers say warrants increased awareness about the rare cancer. A study published in the journal Annals of ...

In an open-label, two-period, two-sequence, cross-sectional, cluster-randomized, crossover trial, we assigned hospitals in Ontario, Canada, to use either lactated Ringer’s solution or normal saline ...