To survive, you need your heart, lungs, and liver. But what about your appendix, tonsils, wisdom teeth, and other parts that you normally hear about only when they're being removed. Are they just ...

I don’t have mine. Chances are, you don’t have yours either – but we’re none the worse off without it. That would be the appendix, often referred to as a useless organ. We needed it in the past, ...

Medicare pays for appendix surgery when medically necessary. The surgery may vary depending on the situation. Medicare covers surgeries deemed medically necessary. Since appendicitis is considered a ...

The appendix is often only noticed when it necessitates troublesome removal. Wouldn't we be better off never having had an appendix at all? Darwin himself speculated that the appendix never served an ...

For years, doctors thought your appendix had no function. But now it’s believed to help fetuses develop, and boost the immune system of adults. The organ is attached to the large intestine, and if ...

The appendix is a small organ situated between the small and large intestines. For a long time, scientists didn't know its function and deemed it useless. In fact, it was seen as potentially dangerous ...