Appendix Cancer Has Quadrupled in Millennials

Cancer is generally a disease of old age. But researchers are increasingly finding that certain types—including colon, breast, stomach, and pancreatic cancers—are hitting people younger than 50 far more commonly than they used to. In a new reportpublished in the Annals of Internal Medicineresearchers at Vanderbilt University focus on a relatively rare cancer—appendiceal cancer, which … Read more

Brian Austin Green just had his first major surgery. It was for a perforated appendix

Brian Austin Green just got really lucky. Now he’s really grateful. Last week, the former “Beverly Hills, 90210” star found himself experiencing pain in his abdomen — pain bad enough that he headed out looking for medical help. “I started feeling some pain in my stomach,” he said in a video posted early Monday on … Read more