When I was young, it seemed to be a regular practice that you would get your tonsils removed, though I still have mine. Why was that? Is it still the same now? What are the pros and cons of having ...

Much like other areas of your body, your tonsils can develop stones. These foods in particular are most likely to give you ...

Did you get your tonsils taken out as a kid? For people who grew up before the 1980s, the surgery and its attendant promise of icecream and jelly afterwards were almost a rite of passage. But while ...

You can still get strep throat without tonsils, though this may reduce the severity of the infection and the number of times you come down with strep. Strep throat is a highly contagious infection ...

The human body is composed of over 37 trillion cells, each with a limited lifespan. These cells are continuously replaced to maintain organ and system function. Yet over time, or as a result of damage ...

Tonsils serve as sort of a filter in your body. Chances are many of you have had them removed, but two recent studies differ on when and if that’s necessary. Dr. Teresa Chan-Leveno is chief of ...

When infected, your tonsils may be useful to doctors to keep up their bottom line, and to Popsicle vendors to provide the means to soothe... Sep 26, 2019 — When infected, your tonsils may be useful to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer Doja Cat, 26, revealed she underwent tonsil surgery after her throat became infected ...

OAKDALE, Conn. (WTNH) — Tom McCarthy, 34, has an active life as a firefighter and family man, but his loud snoring was starting to impact others in his life. “I was living in a firehouse at the time ...

Tonsils, everyone is born with them, but what do they do? “Nobody really knows exactly how they work or what their function is,” says Dr. Ryan Winters, a board-certified Otolaryngologist Head and Neck ...

Have you had your tonsils or appendix removed? If you have and you’re a woman, you probably weren’t told that the surgery may have increased your chances of having a baby. In fact, you may have been ...

Noah Cyrus underwent surgery to remove her tonsils on Friday Noah Cyrus is on the mend. The singer, 18, underwent surgery to remove her tonsils on Friday, one day after announcing to her fans and ...