The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is examining tonsillectomy using laser and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the NHS in England, Wales and Scotland. The ...

The NHS undertakes 47,000 tonsillectomies each year, but was recently a moratorium on them because of fears that surgical instruments might spread the brain disease CJD. Here, Genevieve Wells, an ...

A tonsillectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the tonsils, which are lymph tissue that sits at the back of the throat. It may help prevent chronic or recurrent tonsil infections or sleep problems ...

Tonsil and adenoid removal associated with long-term risks of respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases Removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood increases the long-term risk of respiratory, ...

Mom says its still unclear why a laser procedure led to her 5-year-old's death. May 22, 2009— -- Getting your tonsils out used to be just a rite of passage -- one that would leave memories of ...

Study links early-life removal of tonsils or adenoids to higher risk of stress-related disorders, including PTSD, in later years Study: Stress-Related Disorders Among Young Individuals With Surgical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy in early life was associated with a higher risk for stress-related disorders. The ...

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is examining tonsillectomy using laser and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the NHS in England, Wales and Scotland. The ...

Routine tonsillectomies largely were abandoned after the discovery and adoption of antibiotics proved to reduce infections without surgery. But 5-year-old Hunter Mosher's May 8 outpatient procedure to ...

I'm due to go for this procedure.I have had a persistant problems with tonsil stones(tonsiloliths) and when I visited an ENT (2 years ago) , he told me the only way ...