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If you've had stomach pain recently, you might have wondered how to check if you have appendicitis at home. Appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain that results in surgery in the ...

Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...

But when something goes wrong with your appendix, it can lead to appendicitis ― and the pain can be unbearable. Appendicitis ...

Nonoperative management of uncomplicated appendicitis in children is feasible and well tolerated, with a small proportion of patients experiencing recurrent symptoms that require appendectomy ...

Medical research today indicates it’s exceedingly rare for blunt trauma to cause appendicitis. But in the 1920s, it was widely perceived that Whitehead's punches killed Houdini. "The poor medical ...

The thread running through Makary’s harangues is that America’s health care system is getting a lot of things wrong. “Blind ...

Rucker: A grand slam with appendicitis adds to legend of Tennessee's Billy Barrels Appendicitis is an incredibly painful and usually debilitating thing that almost always requires immediate ...

Chris Feast, 75, said he had been examined by an advanced nurse practitioner at Drs Reddy & Nunn in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, who found no signs of appendicitis. However, he required surgery ...