When is Tonsillectomy Necessary
Tonsillectomy: When is it Necessary? (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - May 24, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Cases in Tonsillitis: From the Routine to the Serious Cases in Tonsillitis: From the Routine to the Serious
Four short cases illustrate the key points of evidence-based diagnosis and management of tonsillitis and related concerns.Medscape Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Cases in Tonsil Disease: From the Routine to the Serious Cases in Tonsil Disease: From the Routine to the Serious
Three short cases illustrate the key points of evidence-based diagnosis and management of tonsillitis and related concerns.Medscape Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - May 23, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Focus on: emergency hospital care for children and young people: what has changed in the past 10 years?
This report draws on emergency hospital admissions data and finds that the number of babies and young children admitted to hospital in an emergency has grown by almost a third over the past decade. The analysis reveals that many children are being admitted to hospital for conditions like asthma and tonsillitis – admissions that could potentially have been avoided with better care and support out of hospital. The report raises questions about where children and young people can access high quality treatment outside of the hospital emergency care setting (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Emergency admissions in young children rise a third in 10 years
GP workforce problems have contributed to growing levels of emergency hospital admissions for children with asthma, tonsillitis and epilepsy, researchers have warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 27, 2017 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
Throat Cancer Increasing; Doctors Urge Vaccination to Prevent It
Doctors are diagnosing more throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV also causes other cancers, such as cervical, but throat cancer is quickly becoming the most common. The good news: the HPV vaccination, if people receive it early enough, can prevent most of these cancers, which are found in the tonsils and base of the tongue. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - April 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tonsillotomy: Fewer adverse effects at first, but renewed inflammation/surgery possible
(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) In the short term, tonsillotomy is associated with less pain, as well as fewer swallowing and sleeping problems, than tonsillectomy. But regrowing tissue can lead to renewed inflammation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 23, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Lingual Tonsillectomy Appears Effective for Pediatric OSA Lingual Tonsillectomy Appears Effective for Pediatric OSA
Lingual tonsillectomy appears effective for children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) caused by lingual tonsil hypertrophy, researchers from Taiwan report.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - February 28, 2017 Category: Surgery Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
New Topic Page: Tonsillitis
Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Tonsillitis.
Tonsils are lumps of tissue at the back of the throat. There are two of them, one on each side... (Source: What's New on MedlinePlus)
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - February 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tonsillectomies offer only modest benefits, studies find
Removing tonsils modestly reduced throat infections in the short term in children with moderate obstructive sleep-disordered breathing or recurrent throat infections, according to a systematic review. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 25, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week ' s topics include coronary calcium scans and hypertension, a look at tonsillectomy, asthma in adults, and diabetes in China. (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - January 21, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Tonsillectomy Shows Short-term Benefits for Apnea, Sore Throat Tonsillectomy Shows Short-term Benefits for Apnea, Sore Throat
Studies are needed to assess long-term benefit and characterize which patients will naturally outgrow recurrent throat infections vs those who need surgical intervention, new reviews showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - January 18, 2017 Category: Surgery Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Kids' tonsillectomies make more sense for sleep apnea than strep throat
(Reuters Health) - Children who have their tonsils removed to treat chronic throat infections or breathing problems during sleep may get more short-term symptom relief than kids who don't get tonsillectomies, two recent studies suggest. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Tonsillectomy Improves Short-Term Health, Sleep Outcomes in Kids (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- But firm diagnosis called essential before procedure is indicated (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 17, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
