Lifestyle choices significantly impact your overall health and well-being. The decisions you make daily can influence your ...

Let's start by locating it. The appendix is a small, finger-shaped pouch located where the small intestine joins the large intestine, in the cecum.

The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in appetite, metabolism and the microbiome – and how to look after it better ...

THE small intestine comprises the longest portion of the alimentary canal and yet receives small consideration in the diagnosis of intestinal tumors. The reason is the rarity of neoplasms in the sm ...

Alexander Lake, DO, a gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and ...

Let’s start by locating it. The appendix is a small, finger-shaped pouch located where the small intestine joins the large intestine, in the cecum.

Though extremely rare, cancers of the appendix are being diagnosed at higher rates in Gen X and millennials compared with earlier cohorts.

While older millennials currently have the the highest rates, researchers believe cases may continue to rise among younger generations.

The appendix may play a further role in protecting the gastrointestinal system from invading pathogens. This would explain why surgical removal of the appendix has been associated with a worse ...

The appendix is a small, finger-shaped pouch located where the small intestine joins the large intestine (Getty Images/iStockphoto) ...

Let's start by locating it. The appendix is a small, finger-shaped pouch located where the small intestine joins the large intestine, in the cecum.