Amy Richards cannot remember sitting her first English Leaving Cert exam on June 5th. She had undergone surgery after her appendix ruptured and became gangrenous just hours earlier. The 18-year-old ...

Ranchi: In an inspiring display of determination, Sneha, a Class XII student of DAV Public School, appeared for her board exam just three days after undergoing appendix surgery. She underwent the ...

MUMBAI: Just a day before the ICSE exams were to begin on February 22, Thane class X student Akshat Pande complained of abdominal pain and vomiting and had to be rushed to a hospital. And while most ...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging gives physicians a safe and accurate tool for the diagnosis of appendicitis in pregnant patients without the increased risks of radiation to the patient and fetus, according ...

A Leaving Certificate student has described as "inhumane" having to sit an exam just hours after surgery. 18-year-old Amy Richards from Wexford has written to the Irish Times outlining her experience.

A Leaving Cert student, who was forced to leave an exam this week in agony with appendicitis before being rushed to hospital, has been denied access to the deferred exams next month. Catherine Doyle, ...

Have you ever treated a child with abdominal pain that you suspected might be caused by appendicitis? It’s tempting to go straight to a CT scan, but such scans expose children to ionizing radiation, ...

Baltimore Orioles rookie Hayden Penn may go down in the record books as the first pitcher to miss his season debut because of appendicitis. Penn was to start in a game last week but was rushed to the ...

Your large intestine is made up of several different parts, including your colon, rectum, anal canal, and cecum — a small pouch located in your colon. The appendix is a finger-shaped tube that’s about ...