Lottie Perks was just 19 when she suffered from severe stomach pain and vomiting which were initially thought to be a stomach ...

Urgent surgery: Bonnie Tyler had emergency surgery in Faro, Portugal, after a burst appendix led to a perforated intestine. Health decline: She was stable post-operation but later deteriorated, ...

A Scottish woman who thought she had a burst appendix was shocked when she found out she was pregnant — and gave birth 40 minutes later. Anna Jackson, 22, started getting a pain in her abdomen but put ...

Algarve-based businessman Liberto Mealha said the 74-year-old began to feel intense abdominal pain shortly after arriving in Portugal where she has a second home following inconclusive tests in London ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen Colbert is away from late-night TV following emergency surgery last week — the comedian's appendix burst. That made us wonder: What does the appendix do for our body? And why are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stephen Colbert has revealed that he credits his wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert with saving his life after his appendix burst. Colbert, ...

Many Americans grew up with the idea their appendix is an unnecessary organ, made obsolete by evolution. But in the last 20 years or so, scientists have come to believe the appendix serves a purpose, ...

Your large intestine is the body’s roadway for waste. After the small intestine takes nutrients from your food, the rest enters the large intestine, turns into stool and travels toward the rectum. But ...

Chad Franke is on the road to recovery. The eldest son of disgraced YouTuber Ruby Franke—who is now serving four to 30 years in prison for aggravated child abuse—recently revealed that his appendix ...