Generally treated as a medical emergency, appendicitis can leave a person doubled over in agony. The most common symptom is abdominal pain, explains Dr. Martin Zielinski, a surgeon trained in critical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jamie McCarthy/Getty; Bindi Irwin/Instagram Bindi Irwin at the Blossom Ball in 2024 and in the hospital in 2025 Bindi Irwin is on ...

“I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix.” —Scott McClanahan The poor, maligned appendix. That worm-like accessory dangling from our intestines has long ...

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Bindi Irwin is on the road to recovery and taking the time to heal after suffering a ruptured appendix earlier this month. Irwin, the daughter of late animal advocate Steve Irwin, was forced to miss ...

On June 19, Webster took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to announce that he had been hospitalized and that he would have to undergo surgery to remove his appendix, something he wasn't happy about as ...

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 ...