Claire Hadden's appendix shifted during pregnancy. June 16, 2014— -- Claire Hadden was seven months pregnant when she woke up with a piercing pain in her stomach. “I thought it was probably a ...

A protein in urine could be used as a simple way to diagnose appendicitis, the most common emergency in childhood, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. A team at Children's Hospital Boston said a protein ...

Oct. 6 -- MONDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution is already linked to respiratory and cardiovascular ills, and now researchers say the dirty air you breathe may also cause appendicitis.

A man died after repeated pleas for medical help over several days before he was admitted to hospital with appendicitis, an inquest heard. Adam Ali Hussain, 23, complained of worsening abdominal pain ...

A young child being treated for appendicitis actually had a rare, deadly parasite living in her abdomen. The 10-year-old girl had been living in Switzerland for six months after migrating from Eritrea ...

Whether you find driving over speed bumps painful could help doctors work out whether you are suffering from acute appendicitis. While the link between speed bump pain and appendicitis was already ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: Every time my husband has abdominal pain, he worries that it’s appendicitis. Can you tell me the actual symptoms so I can assure him he’s fine? DEAR READER: Many different conditions ...

CHICAGO — When emergency tests showed the telltale right-sided pain in Heather VanDusen's abdomen was appendicitis, she figured she'd be quickly wheeled into surgery. But doctors offered her the ...

When your child is in pain, the stress might be too much to stomach. It might be that they ate something that doesn’t agree with them — or it could be something more serious like appendicitis. Since ...

Researchers have identified a chemical in urine that is closely associated with appendicitis in children and are working to develop a simple test that could be used to diagnose the condition -- a test ...

CT imaging features including appendicolith, appendiceal diameter, fat stranding, and periappendiceal air help identify ...

Antibiotics are an effective, safe treatment for uncomplicated appendicitis cases and can be considered a routine alternative to surgery, a Duke researcher finds. According to Dr. Theodore Pappas, a ...