Jimmy Kimmel has emergency appendectomy
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Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," was in good shape after having an emergency appendectomy on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
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A MAN who weighed about half a tonne when he was admitted to a US hospital was recovering today from obesity surgery. Doctors said he was &quot;doing very well,&quot; moving around and even cracking jokes.
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Phoenix Suns forward Grant Hill underwent an appendectomy on Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined for two to three weeks.
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Eric Cornell, hospitalized in critical condition because of a flesh-killing bacteria, has undergone surgery to amputate his left arm and shoulder in a fight against the rare necrotizing fasciitis.
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Christie Brinkley was recuperating Wednesday from back surgery at a Manhattan hospital, her publicist said. "Last evening Christie Brinkley underwent emergency back surgery," said publicist Marcia Horowitz.
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Byron Leftwich underwent surgery on his right ankle Wednesday and will be out three to four weeks.
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben  Roethlisberger has undergone an emergency appendectomy and will  not play in the season opener on Thursday, the team said on  Sunday.
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A close ally of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Sunday that the ailing media mogul has decided to have surgery in the United States, following days of rumors that the billionaire businessman was going to ...Comment
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Phoenix, AZ -- The Phoenix Suns Friday placed Jake Voskuhl on the injured list after the center had an emergency appendectomy surgery.
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Australian comic Barry Humphries has  been ordered to rest for six months because of complications  over appendix surgery, a spokesman for the Magners Glasgow  International Comedy Festival said on Sunday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean general accused of torture, killings and other abuses during his 17-year dictatorship, suffered a heart attack on Sunday and underwent emergency surgery.
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Longshot Republican presidential candidate Jim Gilmore underwent emergency surgery for a detached retina late last week, forcing him to cancel at least a week's worth of campaign appearances.
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TAMPA, Florida  - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback   Chris Simms had his spleen removed after it was ruptured during   the game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, the team   said.
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Former &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; cast member Rob Schneider was taken to a Northern California hospital after collapsing from food poisoning and heat exhaustion during the filming of an upcoming movie.
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Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, was taken to a hospital here late Saturday after complaining of an upset stomach, a spokeswoman said. She was taken to Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa by ambulance from the airport.
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Bonita Favre was taken to the emergency room after waking up with &quot;a horrible stomach bug,&quot; said Zo Je Feigenbaum, the publicist for the book entitled &quot;FAVRE.
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Comedian Rodney Dangerfield underwent a seven-hour operation Wednesday to replace a heart valve, his spokesman told The Associated Press.