When waste material passes through the colon, it can sometimes clog the appendix. This blockage allows bacteria to multiply ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao recently underwent appendix surgery and is recovering well. Her experience has renewed focus on ...

Brian Austin Green is on the mend after a health scare. The 90210 actor, 51, revealed that he underwent emergency surgery for a perforated appendix last week, recounting the ordeal in a video shared ...

Appendicitis is a potentially serious condition that occurs when the appendix becomes inflamed and infected. While the small organ tucked in the lower right abdomen often goes unnoticed, problems can ...

Brian Austin Green just got really lucky. Now he's really grateful. Last week, the former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star found himself experiencing pain in his abdomen — pain bad enough that he headed ...

"Everyone at the hospital, thank you so much for everything that you did in taking care of me," the actor said Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since ...

Dear Dr. Roach • A co-worker of mine recently had a ruptured appendix. The doctors did not remove it, but instead gave him heavy doses of antibiotics for three weeks. I thought they had to remove it.

Beloved TV personality Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello has shared his “terrifying” medical ordeal while on a trip to Cambodia.

Daniel Marcin, a Morristown dad who grew up in North Bergen, died after suffering complications from a ruptured appendix on ...