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The appendix may be useful after all

Long thought to be an obsolete body part, the appendix is usually quiet and seemingly useless -- unless it gets infected. But researchers from Duke ... Read More »

Power blackout during surgery thwarted by cell phones!

Surgery is scary enough here in the U.S. where we have high-tech operating rooms with back-up generators and all kinds of systems in place to ensure ... Read More »

Appendicitis: Not always just abdominal pain

The appendix: the one organ of the body that doesn't have any well-defined purpose -- well, any purpose other than randomly bursting without notice. ... Read More »