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, ...

The host didn't know he had a burst appendix at the time and suffered through taping two shows before going to the hospital. The host wasn't feeling great during the last show before his absence, a ...

Comedian Stephen Colbert is one of the most popular entertainers on late-night television. But he's still human. On Monday, the host of CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" returned to his desk ...

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 ...

Brian Austin Green is on the mend after a health scare. The 90210 actor, 51, revealed that he underwent emergency surgery for a perforated appendix last week, recounting the ordeal in a video shared ...