Patients who had surgery for an inflamed appendix had a significantly lower risk of developing colorectal cancer than those treated with antibiotics, according to an analysis of more than 30,000 cases ...

Long-term residents of Villa Las Estrellas, a Chilean settlement on Antarctica's King George Island, must have their appendix ...

Caroline Bailey was diagnosed after suffering with "a stabbing pain in the middle of my abdomen".

After Pope Leo XIV announced he would be undergoing surgery on his lungs to remove a nodule, the Vatican confirmed the procedure was a success and that the nodule was cancerous.

Patients who had surgery for an inflamed appendix had a significantly lower risk of developing colorectal cancer than those treated with antibiotics, according to an analysis of more than 30,000 cases ...

Patients who had their inflamed appendix removed were less likely to develop colorectal cancer than those treated only with antibiotics, a new study shows.

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A Turkish cohort study of 675 children undergoing appendectomy found that ultrasound missed about one in five confirmed ...

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) marked KDF Day 2026 with a significant advancement in military healthcare as Isiolo Regional ...

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The head of the Catholic Church said he’s following his doctors’ advice ‘that it is best to intervene.’ ...

Dr. Valentine Nfonsam, MD, MS, FACS, FASCRS, professor and executive vice chair of the department of surgery at Morehouse School of Medicine, wanted the longer view. Appendicitis is inflammation of ...