This survey was in the field on January 24, the day Alex Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. While the vast majority of ...

Icy weather can turn routine travel into a high-risk gamble. On roads, ice causes about 20% of weather-related car crashes ...

The appendix gets a lot of bad press. Yes, occasionally it becomes inflamed and threatens our health, but which other organs can say they don't? Widely regarded as defunct or even useless, the fact ...

Some years ago, while a was visiting friends out of state, I came down with a severe case of stomach pain. I went to a clinic and the following morning, out came my appendix. Appendicitis isn’t to be ...

Kiran Rao recently underwent an appendix surgery, informing her followers that she is on her way to recovery. In her social media post, the 52-year-old filmmaker wrote, "Here I was, all ready to party ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Cancers in younger adults are surging. Colon cancer, once a midlife disease, is striking earlier than ever. Breast and kidney cancers are also climbing in people under 50. And now, ...

Objective: Abdominal ultrasonography is widely used to evaluate suspected cases of appendicitis. Objective descriptions of the direct and indirect signs of appendicitis result in varied assessments of ...

Experts have issued a warning about appendix cancer, which is seeing more and more Millennials develop the disease. The cancer, which is a rare type, is apparently on the rise in two age groups: ...

Most people only ever think about their appendix if it needs to be removed. But a worrying new trend is rewriting this narrative, as appendix cancer is on the rise in younger generations. A study ...

Appendix cancer, also called appendiceal cancer, is when abnormal cells grow and form a tumor in the appendix. Your appendix is a little pouch-like organ attached to the lower right side of your large ...