Appendicitis News

The late Indian leader Mohandis Gandhi, who became known as Mahatma, or venerated one, had an appendectomy decades ago.

He was thought to have donated the blood to the family he was staying with at the time.

Fundraiser Set up For Zema Ion's Medical Bills Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 05.18.2013 Following his emergency surgery... - As previously reported, Zema Ion had an emergency appendectomy this week which resulted in doctors finding a five centimeter tumor in his colon.

In this short animation, John Hengeveld , marketing director for high performance computing at Intel, shares his story of undergoing an appendectomy and learning that, as a result of a burst appendix, a rare and cancer-causing material was now circulating in his body.

TNA's Zema Ion Undergoes Surgery - Doctors Find Tumor Posted by Larry Csonka on 05.17.2013 He considers the whole thing a blessing... - TNA X-Division wrestler Zema Ion recently had to be rushed to the hospital for severe stomach pains.

Amy Dearest came through her emergency appendectomy Thursday evening with flying colors - and appears ready to be released today.

For a few years I have experienced blood in my urine. Despite various scans and tests, no one has been able to find the cause of this.

Illini recruit Michael Finke, a Centennial junior, will miss at least the next month of basketball activities after having his appendix removed late Wednesday night.

A Las Vegas woman has been charged with child neglect with substantial bodily harm resulting in death of her 12-year-old stepson who died Feb.

Some of us grumble about making the effort to get to the gym. Then there are those who are delighted to be healthy enough to work out at all.

The mandatory transfer of paediatric patients with appendicitis to dedicated paediatric surgical units does not appear to be justified by analysis of patient outcomes in a regional centre, delegates to the 82nd Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons have been told.

Although the precise etiology of multiple sclerosis is largely unknown, there is some speculation that a prior history of surgery may be associated with the subsequent risk for developing the disease.

The star, who portrays Tommy Merlyn in U.S. superhero series Arrow, was recently admitted to a medical centre in Northern California for the appendectomy, but he has assured fans he's on the mend after sharing a goofy photo of himself in a hospital gown on Instagram.com. In the accompanying caption, posted on Tuesday , he wrote, "Home today thanks ... (more)

Three-year-old Cooper Logan is battling a giant heart aneurysm. He is at risk of having a heart attack, all because of an illness that took too long for doctors to identify.

Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, a tube of tissue that extends from the large intestine.

While recent research showed small, rural hospitals registered worse mortality outcomes than their larger urban and suburban counterparts, they fare no worse than their larger counterparts on mortality following common, low-risk surgical procedures, such as appendectomy and knee replacement.

An Invercargill man has demanded the sacking of a Southland Hospital doctor after his ill wife was misdiagnosed and sent home where she later went into toxic shock and became seriously ill.

JAMES Campbell is not someone who lets life get him down and after recovering from a serious illness, he now hopes to run a marathon.

Some of us grumble about making the effort to get to the gym. Then there are those who are delighted to be healthy enough to work out at all.

While the rest of us were snug in our beds at 4am this morning the lifeboat men were out at sea to pick up an ill crew member from a tanker and transfer him to hospital.