Less than one percent of patients who have an appendix removal surgery develop a blood clot, heart attack, pneumonia, or urinary tract infection. What Recovery Looks Like.

A new study shows wearable data can be used to predict whether kids will get sick again after having their appendix removed.

This requires appendix surgery, also called an appendectomy, which involves surgical removal of the appendix. Medicare is a federal health insurance program for older people and some people with ...

Appendicitis is when the appendix becomes swollen and inflamed, which may lead to a severe infection.This requires appendix surgery, also called an appendectomy, which involves surgical removal of ...

In other possible scenarios, you may undergo ab dominal surgery for another medically necessary condition, and your doctor decides removal of your appendix is needed as a preventive measure.

Steve Irwin's daughter, Bindi Irwin, recently underwent emergency surgery to remove her appendix—but as it turned out, she had more major procedures done during the health scare. On May 13 ...

The ValleyCats have lost three games in a row without Campos, including back-to-back losses at Ottawa Tuesday and Wednesday.

"We will be recovering together," the sprinter wrote after learning he needed his appendix removed as his dad healed from surgery Joe Scarnici/Getty When Paralympic gold medalist Hunter Woodhall ...