appendix

Imagine having an appendectomy and being able to do sit-ups two days later. Doesn't seem likely, does it? When stomach muscles are cut, they often ... Read More »

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 »

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 »

By the time you were in middle school, chances are you knew someone who'd had their tonsils or appendix out (or had undergone one of these procedures ... Read More »

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 »