'I thought I was too young for cancer' says woman whose stomach pains led to bowel cancer diagnosis

After a week of persistent and severe abdominal pain that left her in tears, Martha Dickson decided to seek advice - and it ...

Country musician Joshua Ray Walker on fighting cancer — and rallying back

The Dallas performer stared down his own mortality in 2024. He talks about that harrowing experience and the lessons he ...

Johnson City Medical Center’s oncology program adds advanced abdominal, liver cancer surgeries

Ballad Health has improved its oncology program by introducing two new advanced cancer surgical procedures: hyperthermic ...

Joel Embiid has not been around Sixers ‘at all’ since appendectomy, Nick Nurse says

Embiid underwent surgery on Thursday in Houston. If the Sixers advance past the Play-In Tournament, their first-round series ...

I thought my holiday cramps were 'Bali belly'. Hours later, I was on the operating table - and if I'd left it another day, my doctor says I wouldn't have made it

I woke up in agony. It was like a stabbing pain on my right side, but much more intense than anything I'd felt before.' ...
RealClearScience

Evolution Keeps Reinventing the Appendix

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 ...
KPLC

New study shows increase in appendix cancer in younger generations

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Cancers in younger adults are surging. Colon cancer, once a midlife disease, is striking earlier than ever. Breast and kidney cancers are also climbing in people ...
News4Jax

Rare but rising: Appendix cancer rates increasing significantly, new research shows

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Cancers in younger adults are surging. Colon cancer, once a midlife disease, is striking earlier than ever. Breast and kidney cancers are also climbing in people under 50. And now, ...
WISH-TV

Health Spotlight | Appendix cancer rates rising in young adults

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Cancers in younger adults are surging. Colon cancer, once a midlife disease, is striking earlier than ever. Breast and kidney cancers are also climbing in people under 50. Now, a ...
walb

Rare But Rising: Appendix Cancer Rates Triple

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Cancers in younger adults are surging. Colon cancer, once a midlife disease, is striking earlier than ever. Breast and kidney cancers are also climbing in people under 50. And now, ...