If you’ve ever been told that swallowing a fruit seed could land you in the hospital with appendicitis, you’re not alone. This myth has been circulating for generations. But is there any truth to it?

Findings challenge myth of effect of appendectomy on fertility but do not mean that removing appendix directly increases chances of pregnancy Women who have their appendix or tonsils removed when they ...

For decades, the human appendix was casually dismissed as a “useless” vestige. Modern research and clinical experience, however, suggest that this small, narrow pouch, attached to the cecum in the ...