In the US alone, around 300,000 children each year have their tonsils surgically removed to improve breathing while sleeping or reduce recurrent infection. A study by an international team of ...

SHREVEPORT, La - Tonsils are the lymph nodes that serve to filter out bacteria. Many children have their tonsils removed if they have recurring infections. However, tonsil removal may also improve ...

Dr. Michael Wasserman discusses the tonsils and the possible connection to a child's snoring.

In the United States, surgeons perform over 500,000 tonsillectomies each year, including more than 530,000 in children and adolescents to improve breathing while sleeping or reduce recurrent infection ...

A Canadian hospital is pausing scheduled tonsil and adenoid surgery for patients under 18 after two children who underwent the procedure died just after being discharged, officials said last week.

TUESDAY, Sept. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For young children with mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and small tonsils, adenotonsillectomy (ATE) seems to be no more effective than watchful waiting ...

Wisconsin pre-teen Liam Klaver suffered complications after having his tonsils removed last month, his family said Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

A TEENAGE girl is now brain dead and on life support in the US, after she went in to hospital for surgery to remove her tonsils. The 13-year-old Northern California girl, Jahi McMath, went to Oakland ...