Recent studies indicate the appendix helps maintain gut health by housing beneficial bacteria.

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who ...

A viral Instagram video has reignited debate over the appendix’s purpose, as a woman linked her lifelong digestive issues to its childhood removal. Once thought useless, research now shows the ...

Is Alzheimer's a gut disease? AI research links appendix removal and specific dietary patterns to a significantly higher risk ...

Appendix cancer, also called appendiceal cancer, is when abnormal cells grow and form a tumor in the appendix. Your appendix is a little pouch-like organ attached to the lower right side of your large ...