I n recent weeks people with annoying adenoids and tape measures have explained that the average width of the modern car is ...

Like the tonsils, the adenoids are made up of lymphatic tissue. They lie at the back of the throat behind the soft part of the roof of your mouth. They are connected to the ear through the ...

Breathing through the mouth is a dangerous habit and a doctor explains what happens to your face if you do it consistently.

A team of researchers led by Dr. Hirotsugu Oda at the University of Cologne's CECAD Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research ...

The investigators randomly assigned half of the children with these issues to have their tonsils and adenoids removed, and the other half to undergo ‘watchful waiting’ over a 12 month period.

A team of researchers revealed the significance of a particular protein complex in some types of immunological dysregulation.

It can also happen after colds and flu when the general congestion hangs around, or if your kids have enlarged adenoids – which may come with mouth breathing or snoring at night. Anything that ...

She was first diagnosed with sleep apnea in 7th grade, at age 12, after having her adenoids removed twice. Her symptoms became more pronounced during her freshman year of college. Matina found ...

Hemolytic streptococci are common in the nasopharynx and nasopharyngeal vegetations. From nasopharyngeal swabs and the surface of the adenoids hemolytic streptococci were recovered in 55%; from the ...

Is your child snoring loudly at night and having trouble with behavior or learning during the day? Your child could have pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) -- a blocking of the airways that ...

33, No. 2, Aug., 1923 Studies of Fusiform Bacilli and Spiroche... Fusiform bacilli were found in the extirpated tonsils of 82 of 100 children, and in 15 of 46 (32.6%) adenoids. Spirochetes appeared in ...