From onset to pain type, appendicitis and food poisoning can be easy to distinguish. Here’s what you need to know.

Kim, an office worker in his 30s, suddenly began to feel pain in his solar plexus. At first, I thought I had an indigestion, so I bought and took the medicine at a pharmacy, but the abdominal pain ...

That nagging pain in your abdomen might be more than just a stomachache. Appendicitis affects thousands of Americans each year, often striking without warning and requiring swift medical attention.

If you've had stomach pain recently, you might have wondered how to check if you have appendicitis at home. It's easy to assume your stomach pain means you have appendicitis.

These celebrities had unexpected medical emergencies -- a few of them with no clue their appendix had just burst. They share ...

Upper stomach pain can mean gas, indigestion, or stomach viruses. More severe causes can include appendicitis, gallstones, bowel obstruction, or peptic ulcers.

E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt will miss some upcoming tour dates with Bruce Springsteen while recovering from ...

About three weeks ago, I developed this sudden pain in my lower right abdomen, right above/next to my hip bone. Immediately I thought it was my appendix, I went to check it out at the doctor but was ...

New research indicates that Gen Xers and older Millennials are three to four times more likely to develop appendix cancer compared to those born in the 1940s. Appendix cancer is rare and regular ...

Though extremely rare, cancers of the appendix are being diagnosed at higher rates in Gen X and millennials compared with earlier cohorts.