Your large intestine is the body’s roadway for waste. After the small intestine takes nutrients from your food, the rest enters the large intestine, turns into stool and travels toward the rectum. But ...

Children whose appendix has burst often develop serious abdominal infections that are hard to treat and increasingly ...

Bindi Irwin has reportedly been rushed to hospital in the United States to undergo emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. According to her brother Robert Irwin, "she's going to be OK," however, ...

One shift in where the pain sits separates a stomach bug from a surgical emergency.

Chad Franke is on the road to recovery. The eldest son of disgraced YouTuber Ruby Franke—who is now serving four to 30 years in prison for aggravated child abuse—recently revealed that his appendix ...