You’d think life was dangerous enough without our bodies lugging around a useless structure that can turn traitor and kill us. We’re talking, of course, about the appendix--that 4-inch-long blind ...

Five years ago, the negative appendectomy rate at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston was 20%, but since the advent of CT screening, it has dropped to 3%, say MGH researchers. The negative ...

CT scans change the initial treatment plans of emergency physicians in over a quarter of patients with suspected appendicitis, according to a study performed at the University of Washington Harborview ...

An increased focus on reducing imaging-caused radiation exposure has turned attention to ultrasonography as an alternative to CT and radiography. Recently the American College of Radiology issued ...