Tag Archive for 'Appendix'

Parkinson’s disease. Image credit: Blausen Gallery 2014 / Wikiversity Journal of Medicine, doi: 10.15347/wjm/2014.010.

Study: Parkinson’s Disease More Prevalent in Patients with Appendectomies

May 10, 2019 by News Staff

An appendectomy increases the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease,...

In the cohort study of 605 children undergoing appendectomy, those with IgE-mediated allergy had a 3 times lower risk of complicated appendicitis compared with those without allergy. This low magnification micrograph shows acute appendicitis and periappendicitis. Image credit: Michael Bonert / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Find Link between Allergies and Complicated Appendicitis

Aug 8, 2018 by News Staff

Children with IgE-mediated allergies have a lower risk of complicated appendicitis, according to new research published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. In...

Swedish Scientists Say Antibiotics Could Replace Surgery for Appendicitis

Sep 28, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to researchers at the University of Gothenburg’s Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden, antibiotics can replace invasive surgery for the treatment...