After 10 years, just over half the people in a trial of antibiotics for appendicitis have not needed an appendectomy.

Ryan Lochte shares two kids with his wife Kayla: daughter Liv, 14 months, and son Caiden, 3 Ryan Lochte is recovering after appendicitis surgery. On Saturday, the athlete, 36, shared before and after ...

The surgeons at Nationwide Children’s Hospital noticed something strange about some of their young patients. If kids with appendicitis got to the hospital in the middle of the night, they were put on ...

Well maybe not. But at least let me put to rest the singularly narrow headline the New York Times offered (Antibiotics Are Effective in Appendicitis, Study Says). The headline I would have written ...

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 ...

Children with simple cases of appendicitis may be safely treated with antibiotics instead of surgery, suggests a new study. Forgoing surgery to remove the appendix may not be an option for all kids, ...

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 option of ...

Antibiotic therapy could be less expensive, allow faster recovery, although questions remain over who are the best candidates for it The study found that 27% of people who received antibiotics instead ...

At first glance, the results of a recent meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics would indicate immediately operating on a child is the most effective treatment for uncomplicated acute appendicitis ...

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 ...