Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix now appears to have a reason to be - as a "safe house" for the beneficial bacteria living in the human gut. The gut is populated with ...

Gen X, millennials are about three times more likely than their parents to be diagnosed with appendix cancer, study finds ...

The appendix is part of your immune system, don't you need it? I actually brought this up with a doctor once. He looked at me thoughtfully, and said that in his opinion, the function of the ...

Researchers are reporting a startling spike in appendiceal adenocarcinoma (AA) — otherwise known as appendix cancer — in people born after 1945. Cases have more than tripled in Americans born ...

Rare Appendix Cancers Are Increasing Among Millennials and Gen X The findings, from a new study, come at a time of growing concern about the earlier onset of several cancers.

Doctors are starting to see links between the loss of the appendix and diseases such as chronic inflammatory bowel disease, though much about the organ remains a mystery.

Animals with an appendix have a higher concentration of lymphoid tissue in their gut, which plays an important role in the immune system, the scientists found.

Twenty years ago, appendix cancer was virtually unheard of — because many cancers were misdiagnosed.