<div><p>St. Louis Blues center T.J. Oshie will miss the next two weeks of the National Hockey League season following an appendectomy Saturday morning.</p><p>Just hours after playing in a 3-1 victory over Minnesota on Friday night, the 22-year-old American underwent the operation after experiencing abdominal discomfort following ...

<div><p>OTTAWA (Reuters) - Short-term exposure to air pollution could trigger appendicitis in adults, possibly because pollutants cause inflammatory responses, according to a Canadian study published Monday.</p><p>Researchers found that people exposed to nitrogen dioxide for a week during June, July and August -- when levels of the pollutant are at ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors could soon be diagnosing appendicitis with a computed tomography (CT) technique that uses only half the radiation dose of current methods.</p><p>According to a statement from researchers who have been comparing the two approaches, the standard procedure involves the use of intravenous dye ...

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - A protein in urine could be used as a simple way to diagnose appendicitis, the most common emergency in childhood, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>A team at Children's Hospital Boston said a protein called leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein or LRG was found in high concentrations ...