"Recurrent tonsillitis can be a real pain in the neck. The tonsils sit in the back of the throat and form part of a ring of ...

Bartos also recommended creating a one-page health summary to have on hand. “Include the most important details: allergies, ...

Tonsil stones, also known as tonsilloliths, are small, hard lumps of food, bacteria, and other particles trapped in the small ...

Strep is different from a regular sore throat because it’s caused by bacteria, not a virus. Find a symptom comparison chart ...

Sleep apnea is common among individuals with Down syndrome because they typically have decreased muscular tone and are ...

EMMA Rosic was in what she considered to be normal health. But when she started juggling work with parenting her little boy Frankie, she began to feel a bit more tired than usual. The 32-year-old ...

In each of these, cultures of the throat, tonsillar fossae and sectioned tonsils were negative for beta-hemolytic streptococci. It may be noted that the intervals between penicillin treatment and ...

In Rajasthan's Deeg district, diphtheria has claimed the lives of at least seven children. This is a highly preventable ...

Chronically enlarged tonsils may also shrink as children get older. Most of the time, treatment is not necessary. Sometimes, your pediatrician might recommend a nose spray to try to shrink the tonsils ...

With strep throat, you may experience fever, white streaks on the tonsils, redness or swelling ... your healthcare provider can recommend several treatment options, ranging from home remedies ...

In May, just two months before her 45th birthday, Sydney mother of three Peta McGirrreceived a diagnosis that changed everything – she had triple- negative breast cancer. An aggressive form of breast ...