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 ...

Kiran Rao was hospitalised for appendix surgery and shared a funny ‘Kim Kardashian moment’ after doctors removed a 12 mm ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao has shared an update on her health after recently undergoing surgery for her "12 mm diameter appendix".

Kiran Rao, a filmmaker, has provided an update following her recent appendix operation, thanking medical personnel and ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao underwent appendix surgery at a Mumbai hospital after a health scare. She is now discharged and ...

At first glance, the results of a recent meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics would indicate immediately operating on a child is the most effective treatment for uncomplicated acute appendicitis ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao, the ex-wife of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, recently underwent appendix surgery. On Sunday, she took to ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The most common emergency surgical procedure in the U.S. is an appendectomy - removal of the appendix. But now there's mounting evidence that some patients can avoid or delay ...

Appendicitis is a condition in which the appendix, a finger-shaped pouch that opens into the large intestine, becomes swollen and filled with pus. Appendicitis can be caused by a bacterial infection ...

Standing next to her daughter Paige’s tiny body Siobhan Smith desperately whispered in her little girl’s ear, begging her to keep clinging on to life. Doctors frantically performed CPR in front of the ...

Pregnant women who underwent immediate surgery to treat a ruptured or abscessed appendix had lower risk of infectious complications compared with those whose complicated appendicitis was managed ...