Appendectomies are not benign. They can compromise a healthy gut and raise the risk of psychiatric disorders. Fortunately, there are alternatives.

For example, it is possible that beneficial bacteria present in the appendix may decrease the risk of infections causing fatal diarrheal diseases, particularly in young children. Acute appendicitis is ...

Some ultrasonographers are capable of demonstrating abnormal appendix filled with purulent material. Ureteric stones could also present like acute appendicitis and it is advisable to look into the ...

Current research has not found an association between rheumatoid arthritis and appendicitis, but some studies found a link between other autoimmune diseases and appendicitis.

LA has become the approach of choice by many surgeons in the treatment of both simple and complicated cases of acute appendicitis. The rate of LA between 1998 and 2008 increased from 20.6% to 70.8 ...

Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children with available primary outcome ...

An Indigenous man suffering an acute appendicitis attack had to travel all the way to Winnipeg from The Pas for medical care after an ER doctor told him he didn't treat hangovers, a new lawsuit ...

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 ...

A Cree man has filed a lawsuit against two Manitoba health authorities alleging he did not receive timely medical care and was accused of nursing a hangover.