I woke up on Monday, April 11, with what I thought was a run-of-the-mill stomachache. I felt more wrong by the hour as it grew more and more intense, and by midnight, it was the worst pain I ever felt ...

Appendix is the small pouch located in the lower right of the abdomen and attached to the intestine. The inflammation of the vermiform appendix is known as appendicitis. According to research ...

In January, Amanda Buschelman began feeling jolts of pain on the right side of her abdomen. It felt so intense that the mom of three realized she needed to visit her family doctor. Immediately he ...

Since January, my goal with this column has been to educate the public on paradigm-shifting information related to musculoskeletal pain. This past month, however, I was provided the first-hand ...

Appendix is the structure at the junction of the small bowel and the large bowel. It is about the size of 4 inches in size and diameter of half inches. It is a structure which is more developed in ...

Although the incidence of appendicitis in the United States has been in decline for many years, the condition still affects approximately seven percent of Americans annually. Although the incidence of ...

Good news for people afraid of going under the knife: A national study involving University of Washington School of Medicine researchers found that antibiotics can be just as effective in treating ...

Aidan Hanratty had no idea he was in urgent need of surgery until his friend diagnosed him by tweet IT WAS Sunday night. I had been to Croke Park to see Dublin thrash Kildare in the Leinster football ...