A link between rheumatoid arthritis and appendicitis has been investigated before, but newer research has not confirmed these findings. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease where the ...

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Appendicitis is a common and sometimes serious medical condition, but what exactly causes it, and how is it treated? In this week’s Medical Monday, we learn more about ...

Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...

It can be argued that in US Emergency Departments, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis has shifted from clinical impression to radiographic confirmation, even for patients for whom the diagnosis ...

Despite Mr. Milchick's claims that "every word is truth," Dieter and Kier's story is clearly a cautionary tale for the Innies ...

Sidelined three times by football-related injuries, Lloyd is out indefinitely due to appendicitis. “You can’t make this stuff up,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. “It’s a shame ...

“Children with abdominal pain are a diagnostic conundrum. On the one hand those who have appendicitis need to be diagnosed in ...

Systemic discrimination is a lingering issue in Manitoba's health-care system, First Nations leaders in Manitoba say, after a Cree man's lawsuit alleging a doctor assumed what turned out to be ...

Background Acute appendicitis is a local intestinal inflammation with unclear origin. The aim was to test whether bacteria in appendicitis differ in composition to bacteria found in caecal biopsies ...