http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. When researchers from UCLA Medical Center investigated the link between racial disparities and appendicitis outcomes in children, they found that the type of hospital in which black, Hispanic and other minority patients receive care—community, children's or county—affects their odds of developing a perforated appendix. The study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons is a first-of-its-kind look at the role hospital type plays in race-based treatment variances among this patient subset. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-racial-disparities-pediatric-appendicitis-treatment.html Surgery Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:43:40 EST news275921014 Children suspected of having appendicitis are more likely to receive CT scans, which involve radiation, if they are evaluated at a general hospital, a new study by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ultrasound-appendicitis-x-rays.html Pediatrics Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:58:01 EST news275835472 The presence of pain when travelling over speed bumps is associated with an increased likelihood of acute appendicitis, among patients coming into hospital with abdominal pain, finds a study in the BMJ Christmas issue and published online today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-appendicitis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:30:03 EST news274987075 Although the standard approach to acute appendicitis is to remove the appendix, a study at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, reveals that treatment with antibiotics can be just as effective in many cases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-antibiotics-surgery-appendicitis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:35:19 EST news267878108 Removing a child's ruptured appendix sooner rather than later significantly lowers hospital costs and charges, according to a recently published study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-crucial-appendectomies.html Pediatrics Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:50:03 EST news255003279 Giving antibiotics to patients with acute uncomplicated appendicitis is a safe and viable alternative to surgery, say experts in a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-antibiotics-safe-viable-alternative-surgery.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:30:02 EST news252860630 Pediatric surgeons can lower health care costs if they remove a young patient's perforated appendix sooner rather than later, according to new study results published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-surgery-outcomes-children-perforated-appendicitis.html Surgery Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:03:43 EST news252586993 Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have demonstrated that cancer of the appendix is different than colon cancer, a distinction that could lead to more effective treatments for both diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cancer-appendix.html Cancer Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:37:23 EST news250357037 Treating acute appendicitis with antibiotics is not as effective as the gold standard treatment of having the appendix surgically removed (appendicectomy). This is the conclusion of an Article in this week's edition of The Lancet, written by Professor Corinne Vons, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Université Paris XI, Paris, France, and colleagues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-acute-appendicitis-antibiotics-effective-appendix.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 05 May 2011 18:30:02 EST news223822454