After a sudden emergency appendectomy, an Omaha woman discovers a massive, one-pound "staghorn" kidney stone hiding in her ...

Along Florida’s Atlantic coast, the Indian River Lagoon supports a wide range of marine life, including bottlenose dolphins, ...

Acoustic tags reveal smalltooth sawfish using Florida’s Saint Lucie River nursery, offering rare good news for a struggling species.

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Why do humans have an appendix? New research is reshaping our understanding of this overlooked organ and its antiquated role ...

The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling ...

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 ...

The GI tract is a complex group of organs, each of which helps your body digest and absorb food. Your upper GI tract includes your esophagus, stomach, and the first section of your small intestine, ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC-San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country's first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth. They made one small ...

Jay N. Yepuri, MD, MS, FACG, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and member of the Digestive Health Associates of Texas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. You can sometimes treat ...

Being responsible for a partner's adverse outcomes is associated with anterior insula activation, while the superior temporal sulcus tracks prediction errors for the partner's reward resulting from ...