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  • Antibiotics could be alternative to surgery as treatment for appendicitis

    A study by researchers at the University of Southampton shows that antibiotics may be an effective treatment for acute non-complicated appendicitis in children, instead of surgery. The condition, which causes the appendix -- a small organ attached to the large intestine -- to become inflamed due to more

  • Appendicitis may be related to viral infections

    Can you catch appendicitis? And if you do, is it necessarily an emergency that demands immediate surgery? Yes and no, according to a new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons and physicians. The researchers evaluated data over a 36-year period from the National Hospital Discharge Survey more

  • DRAXIS Initiates Phase II Clinical Trials of INFECTON

    DRAXIMAGE Inc., the radiopharmaceutical subsidiary of DRAXIS Health Inc. has received Health Canada approval to initiate two Phase II clinical studies of INFECTON(TM), a novel radiopharmaceutical diagnostic imaging agent for detecting and determining the location of infection in patients with diffic more

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Appendicitis

Appendicitis Appendicitis (or epityphlitis) is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix . Reginald Fitz first described acute appendicitis in 1886, and it has been recognized as one of the most common causes of acute abdomen ... more

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