Roughly 290,000 tonsillectomies are performed in children under 15 years old every year in the United States. Though the tonsil hospital closed decades ago, tonsillectomies still remain one of the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have their tonsils removed using an "intracapsular" technique -- which removes at least 90 percent of tonsil tissue, but spares the tonsil capsule -- seem to ...

Here’s a horror story for anyone who had their tonsils taken out when they were young. A CNN article published this week details a woman whose tonsils grew back decades later—necessitating a second ...

The surgery did not improve the children's neurodevelopmental functioning but was associated with improved quality of life, sleep symptoms, and blood pressure 12-months post-surgery according to a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with sleep-disordered breathing had lower health care use after tonsil removal. Those who had surgery ...

Removing a kid’s tonsils can help them sleep better at night Kids with mild sleep-disordered breathing were less likely to see a doctor or take meds after their tonsillectomy The surgery is already ...

A Brazilian beauty queen has died at 27 after suffering a brain hemorrhage and a heart attack following a routine operation to have her tonsils removed. Gleycy Correia — who was crowned Miss United ...

Tragedy struck Brazil on Monday as former Miss Brazil Gleycy Correia died at just 27 years old as the result of complications from a routine tonsil removal surgery. Ms Correia, who hailed from the ...

A former Brazilian beauty queen died Monday after complications stemming from a tonsil removal surgery, Brazilian media reported. Gleycy Correia, 27, who was crowned Miss Brazil United Continents in ...

Not only are tonsil stones a "thing," they're far more prevalent than they're discussed. One woman details her year-long mystery, solved.