Scientists have found a new clue that Parkinson’s disease may get its start not in the brain but in the gut — maybe in the appendix. People who had their appendix removed early in life had a lower ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- What do hospitals charge to remove an appendix? The startling answer is that it could be the same as the price of a refrigerator — or a house. It's a common, straightforward operation, ...

CHICAGO – What do hospitals charge to remove an appendix? The startling answer is that it could be the same as the price of a refrigerator – or a house. It’s a common, straightforward operation, so ...

Could it be that your appendix has far more importance than anyone's thought? Doctors have long assumed that the appendix is a useless dead-end piece of bowel down in the right-hand corner of your ...

Removing the appendix could reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease, research has suggested. Its importance to the human body – if any – has long been the subject of speculation, but now scientists ...

Recent scary press reports suggest that having your appendix out could triple your risk of getting Parkinson’s disease. Given that there is currently no cure for this neurodegenerative condition, ...

You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...

You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...