If your child's tonsils are very large, they may snore really loud, called "heroic snoring," or have trouble swallowing certain foods, mainly breads and meats. Some kids with enlarged tonsils have ...

The late great Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago persuaded the doctors of the world that focal infections were often the cause of systemic diseases like rheumatism, arthritis, heart disease, kidney ...

The tonsils and adenoids are often removed at the same time by means of a tonsillectomy and an adenoidectomy. Combined, these procedures are referred to by the abbreviation T&A. Most people who ...

Michael, along with 5,000 other patients, mostly children, has been hit by a shortage of the equipment caused by a scare over CJD. The Government banned the use of reusable instruments for tonsil ...

Tonsil and adenoid surgeries at McMaster Children’s Hospital are resuming this week after a review of its pediatric ear, nose ...

Hamilton Health Sciences paused all tonsil and adenoid surgeries for children in June after two deaths were reported among patients who had undergone the procedures. An Ontario hospital that paused ...

McMaster Children’s Hospital says it will resume tonsil and adenoid surgeries next week, almost four months after two children died following the procedure. Hamilton Health Sciences said Monday that ...