You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...

These celebrities had unexpected medical emergencies -- a few of them with no clue their appendix had just burst. They share ...

Compared with people born from 1941 through 1949, incidence rates of appendix cancer have more than tripled among people born ...

Researchers are reporting a startling spike in appendiceal adenocarcinoma (AA) — otherwise known as appendix cancer — in people born after 1945. Cases have more than tripled in Americans born between ...

An operation to remove the uterus should be called a uterectomy – like the removal of the tonsils is a tonsillectomy, or an ...

Appendix cancer is rare but it can still affect anyone The key is to stay vigilant watch out for early signs and take ...

Cancer incidence rates among members of Generation X were two to three times higher than among people born in the 1940s, ...

New research indicates that Gen Xers and older Millennials are three to four times more likely to develop appendix cancer ...

Though extremely rare, cancers of the appendix are being diagnosed at higher rates in Gen X and millennials compared with ...

Morgan Webster is a former holder of the RevPro Undisputed British, IMPACT/TNA World Tag Team, and NXT U.K. Tag Team ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Appendix cancer is extremely rare but it’s rising fast among younger adults, according to new research reviewed by NBC News. A new study finds rates of appendix cancer have tripled ...

Removal of the appendix has been associated with a reduction in gut bacterial diversity. People who have undergone an appendectomy show a reduced amount of beneficial short-chain fatty acid ...