Not only are tonsil stones a "thing," they're far more prevalent than they're discussed. One woman details her year-long ...

Our tonsils are more active when we’re age 3 to 10, and then they sort of phase out a little bit, and they might involute over time. You may not even notice you have tonsils anymore because they ...

Organoids generated from tonsils removed during surgeries provide a reliable in vitro platform to study human immune ...

There are two common reasons to get your tonsils removed. If you have constant infections in your throat or tonsils, then they should be removed. The other most common reason is that the tonsils ...

Current research demonstrates that the tonsils may possess the necessary factors to act as a transmission site for the spread of HIV. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) spreads mainly through ...

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 ...

According to a new study led by UB orthodontic researcher Thikriat Al-Jewair, oversized tonsils and tongues place people at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which breathing ...

If the tonsils become too swollen they can cause problems with breathing and swallowing. The first-ever reports of surgical removal of the tonsils dates from Ancient Rome in AD30.