Did you get your tonsils taken out as a kid? For people who grew up before the 1980s, the surgery and its attendant promise of icecream and jelly afterwards were almost a rite of passage. But while ...

Tonsils serve as sort of a filter in your body. Chances are many of you have had them removed, but two recent studies differ on when and if that’s necessary. Dr. Teresa Chan-Leveno is chief of ...

Tonsils, everyone is born with them, but what do they do? “Nobody really knows exactly how they work or what their function is,” says Dr. Ryan Winters, a board-certified Otolaryngologist Head and Neck ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer Doja Cat, 26, revealed she underwent tonsil surgery after her throat became infected ...

Those mysterious white spots appearing on your tonsils can trigger immediate concern, and rightfully so. While they might seem like a minor inconvenience, these patches often signal your body’s battle ...

Noah Cyrus underwent surgery to remove her tonsils on Friday Noah Cyrus is on the mend. The singer, 18, underwent surgery to remove her tonsils on Friday, one day after announcing to her fans and ...

OAKDALE, Conn. (WTNH) — Tom McCarthy, 34, has an active life as a firefighter and family man, but his loud snoring was starting to impact others in his life. “I was living in a firehouse at the time ...

Have you had your tonsils or appendix removed? If you have and you’re a woman, you probably weren’t told that the surgery may have increased your chances of having a baby. In fact, you may have been ...

When most people have their tonsils removed, their only reward is a doctor's permission to eat ice cream for a week. Justin Werner got considerably more: recognition from Guinness World Records for ...

Children who have their tonsils taken out are almost three times more likely to develop asthma and other serious lung diseases, according to research. The operation was common in the 1950s and 60s but ...

We tend to think of a tonsillectomy as something children get. But lots of adults have to get their tonsils out too—just ask Gabourey Sidibe. The actress recently tweeted Saturday about getting a ...