I had to pay $1,463 for a 'pre-payment' before my son got appendix surgery - and no one will tell me why
A Texas mother [shown left] was shocked to find that doctors would not see her son in need of an appendectomy until her husband forked over more than $1,000. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Potential Biomarker for Perforated Appendicitis Shows Link to Severe Sepsis
(MedPage Today) -- Machine learning enabled researchers to identify a genetic biomarker for predicting perforated appendicitis in children presenting with suspected appendicitis, according to a single-center prospective exploratory diagnostic study... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - February 20, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

The Delusions Of Davos And Dubai, Part Two: Can Wind & Solar Energy Expand 50-100x?
The Delusions Of Davos And Dubai, Part Two: Can Wind & Solar Energy Expand 50-100x? Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, Wind and solar energy cannot lift humanity into prosperity. But as an impressive fleet of private jets has recently migrated from the COP 28 Summit in Dubai to the…#dubai #edwardring #americangreatness #worldeconomicforum #davos #cop28 #conferenceofparties #unitednations #partone #appendix (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Your appendix is not, in fact, useless. This anatomy professor explains
A sudden appendectomy as a child made Heather Smith curious about what the appendix is for and why it gets inflamed. Now as an anatomy researcher, she's finding answers.(Image credit: Heather Smith) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Selena Simmons-Duffin Source Type: news

[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche exceeds guidance and achieves sales growth of 1% (CER) for 2023 despite sharp COVID-19 sales decline
Group salesgrow by 1%1 at constant exchange rates (CER; -7% in CHF), more than offsetting the decline in COVID-19-related sales and biosimilar erosion, and thereby exceeding 2023 guidanceExcluding COVID-19 products,Group sales increase by 8%Pharmaceuticals Divisionsalesincrease by 6% (excluding COVID-19 medicine Ronapreve: +9%) due to ongoing high demand for newer medicines, with eye medicine Vabysmo continuing to be the top growth driver, followed by Ocrevus (multiple sclerosis), Hemlibra (haemophilia A) and Polivy (blood cancer)Diagnostics Division salesare 13% lower due to high demand for COVID-19 tests in 2022; strong ...
Source: Roche Media News - February 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche exceeds guidance and achieves sales growth of 1% (CER) for 2023 despite sharp COVID-19 sales decline
Group salesgrow by 1%1 at constant exchange rates (CER; -7% in CHF), more than offsetting the decline in COVID-19-related sales and biosimilar erosion, and thereby exceeding 2023 guidanceExcluding COVID-19 products,Group sales increase by 8%Pharmaceuticals Divisionsalesincrease by 6% (excluding COVID-19 medicine Ronapreve: +9%) due to ongoing high demand for newer medicines, with eye medicine Vabysmo continuing to be the top growth driver, followed by Ocrevus (multiple sclerosis), Hemlibra (haemophilia A) and Polivy (blood cancer)Diagnostics Division salesare 13% lower due to high demand for COVID-19 tests in 2022; strong ...
Source: Roche Investor Update - February 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Princess Kate: Most common types of abdominal surgery as royal taken to hospital
Patients can undergo abdominal surgery for many reasons, including removing the appendix and malignant tumours. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Nearly half of outpatient MRI orders are delayed
-- that is, performed more than 10 days from the date chosen by the referring provider, according to research published January 10 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. It's crucial to mitigate the factors that cause these delays -- which negatively affect patient care, wrote a team led by Ronilda Lacson, MD, PhD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "The sheer volume of medical conditions where advanced imaging, including MRI, plays a central role is staggering -- from appendicitis to stroke to cancer diagnosis and staging," the authors noted. "Therefore, timely access, performance, and interpretat...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI Source Type: news

What to Know About Appendiceal Cancer
The actor Adan Canto’s death from appendiceal cancer—or cancer of the appendix—came as a shock to his fans. Canto, who died on Jan. 8 at age 42, had kept his diagnosis and treatment private, and his family has not publicly shared any information about how long Canto lived with the disease. Here’s what to know about the rare condition. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] What is appendiceal cancer? A rare form of intestinal cancer, appendix cancer—like colorectal cancer—is on the rise for unknown reasons. “In the last century, the rates were around one to two per...
Source: TIME: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Six little-known warning signs of rare appendix cancer that killed X-Men actor Adan Canto at just 42
Actor Adan Canto has died from appendiceal cancer at age 42. The symptoms are commonly overlooked, as they can mirror more common conditions. Signs include appendicitis, bloating, and infertility. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mysterious rise in appendix cancer in young people: Disease that killed Designated Survivor star Adan Canto at just 42 has soared 200% in under-50s since 2000
Appendix cancer is easily dismissed, with its symptoms often written off as down to other causes. Adan Canto has died from the disease at the age of 42 years. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Thousands of NHS patients suffer 'botched' surgery even having the WRONG organs removed, shocking new figures show... including one woman who had a fallopian tube taken out rather than her appendix
One woman had one of her fallopian tubes - part of the reproductive system - taken out instead of her appendix, while other patients had the wrong toe removed or an injection into the wrong eye. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Goodbye, Appendix. Hello, Crohn's Disease?
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO – People who undergo appendectomy may have an increased risk for the development of Crohn's disease (CD), but not ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. The meta-analysis showed... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - December 17, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Stephen Colbert Returns to Late Night Show After Ruptured Appendix
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2023 -- Comedian Stephen Colbert returned to his popular late night talk show this week after recovering from a ruptured appendix he suffered roughly three weeks ago.During his monologue on Monday, the talk show host told the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Stephen Colbert Recounts The Health Scare That Sent Him To The Hospital And Thanks His ‘Alien’-Like Burst Appendix
Forget medical textbooks. Stephen Colbert turned to the movies to best illustrate what his recent bout with appendicitis felt like: The chestburster scene from Alien. A recovered and 14-pound skinnier Colbert was back at his The Late Show desk on CBS last night for the first time since just before…#stephencolbert #alien #louiscato #davidletterman #thanksgivingweekend #bradleycooper #joséandrés #johnhurts #colbert #eviecolbert (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news