One common surgery many individuals need to get at some point in their lives is an appendectomy. This is a surgical procedure to remove the appendix, which is a small pouch-like organ on the right ...

Removing the appendix could reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease, research has suggested. Its importance to the human body – if any – has long been the subject of speculation, but now scientists ...

You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the ...

An Omaha woman’s trip to the emergency room for a ruptured appendix led to the discovery of a two-pound kidney stone — and a ...