Cuts to federal health-care spending make it harder for doctors to make the oldest promise in medicine: that we will do no ...

The majority of children do not need a tonsillectomy.” But when done for the right reasons, tonsillectomy offers a meaningful ...

Tonsillitis develops when one or more of these tonsils become inflamed or infected, usually because of a viral or bacterial infection. While you may have soreness all over your throat, it's also ...

Learn about tonsillar hypertrophy, including causes of enlarged tonsils, common symptoms, when a tonsillectomy is needed, and available treatment options for both children and adults.

Discover why your body favors one side with pain, from handedness to stress, and learn ways to ease discomfort.

An infection in just one tonsil can cause pain on one side. It may also cause a fever, trouble swallowing, and noisy breathing.

Treating tonsil cancer The main treatments for tonsil cancer are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. You might have a combination of these or one treatment on its own. The tonsils are part of the ...

WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of a peritonsillar abscess, a potentially dangerous infection that forms next to the tonsils.

Forty years after having them removed, Katy Golden's tonsils returned to stir up trouble again.

Hallmark star John Reardon, 49, revealed that he was diagnosed with tonsil cancer and has since recovered, thanking his friends, family and doctors for their support throughout his journey.

If only one tonsil is enlarged and associated with severe pain and fever it may be due to pus accumulation and is known as Peritonsillar abscess and may require drainage of pus." Can pressing the ...

The virus responsible for infectious mononucleosis (commonly known as mono) affects about 90 percent of the population ...