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 ...

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Here’s a horror story for anyone who had their tonsils taken out when they were young. A CNN article published this week details a woman whose tonsils grew back decades later—necessitating a second ...

There was a time when pediatricians routinely recommended tonsil removal, even for healthy children — including me. As far as I can tell, I suffered no ill effects — plus, I got extra ice cream! That ...

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 ...

A five-year-old girl died just days after having her tonsils removed, an inquest has heard. Amber Milnes - described as her family's 'magical little princess' - underwent the procedure at the Royal ...

The parents of a five-year-old girl who died only days after her tonsils were removed have warned others to “trust their instincts” and “speak up” if they're worried about their children undergoing ...

A TRAGIC five-year-old girl died just days after a routine tonsil operation, an inquest heard. Amber Milnes had undergone surgery at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro to remove her tonsils and ...

A five-year-old girl who died in hospital four days after having her tonsils removed was her family's "magical little princess", an inquest has heard. Amber Milnes, from St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, ...

Parents 'surprised' she was not kept in hospital after op, inquest told A TRAGIC five-year-old girl died just days after a routine tonsil operation, an inquest heard. Amber Milnes had undergone ...