"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 ...

Tonsillitis itself is not contagious. However, “the viruses and bacteria that cause tonsillitis are highly contagious and can ...

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While a sore throat can be a side effect of many other illnesses, it's also the most telling symptom of strep.

Even medicine is susceptible to routines that are not backed by science, says CBC Nova Scotia health care columnist Mary Jane ...

Emma Rosic's life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with cancer after  doctors originally believed she was ...

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 ...

A Hastings teenager ended up fighting for his life with leukaemia after being diagnosed with tonsillitis over the phone, his mother said.

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By Andrew Jacobs An impoverished family in Africa is unable to afford a 50-cent course of antibiotics to save the life of a child with a simple bacterial infection. Is such a tragedy best ...

Aside from the bouts of tonsillitis I’d get once or twice ... the doctor was aware of my medical history and would prescribe me the antibiotics I needed. Read more: Dispatches from Ontario ...