(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By ...
Patients who had surgery for an inflamed appendix had a significantly lower risk of developing colorectal cancer than those ...
Patients who underwent an appendectomy for acute appendicitis had a significantly lower subsequent risk of colorectal cancer ...
WASHINGTON, 3rd October, 2026 (WAM) – Patients who had an inflamed appendix surgically removed were less likely to develop colorectal cancer later than those treated only with antibiotics, according ...
The appendix is the standard example of a vestigial organ, wheeled out in every ...
Generally treated as a medical emergency, appendicitis can leave a person doubled over in agony. The most common symptom is abdominal pain, explains Dr. Martin Zielinski, a surgeon trained in critical ...
“I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix.” —Scott McClanahan The poor, maligned appendix. That worm-like accessory dangling from our intestines has long ...
An athlete and nursing student was rushed into surgery after doctors thought she had appendicitis. But during surgery, they discovered she had a rare type of tumor — and it was already stage 4. Lana ...
Key TakeawaysIn a matched cohort of more than 30,000 appendicitis patients, appendectomy was associated with a 58% lower relative risk of a later ...