Today, in the first part of our series of essential guides to tackle common ailments we've joined forces with leading experts ...

A Toms River police officer who was part of the department since she was a girl died after tonsil surgery, according to a ...

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Tumors in the throat, base of the tongue and tonsils can be difficult to reach surgically. Traditionally, their surgical removal entailed cutting the jaw, a large incision in the neck, long hospital ...

Tonsils are graded on a scale from 0 to 4. Zero means you've had them removed, 1 means they're barely visible, 2 means they're normal, 3 means they're large and just about touching that thing that ...

In addition to a sore throat, other symptoms of strep throat may include: Fever Chills Red spots or white patches on the tonsils A throat culture will tell you whether you have the infection.

You can still get strep throat if you've had your tonsils removed. Strep throat is a bacterial infection of the throat and tonsils. Although swelling—and sometimes even infectious oozing—of the ...

Along with a chain of other nerves, it innervates (provides nerve function to) the lacrimal gland, which produces tears.Also ...