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Children from lower-income families more likely to have complications following tonsillectomy

Removing a child's tonsils is one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States, with approximately 500,000 children undergoing the procedure each year. New research finds that children from lower-income families are more likely to have complications following the surgery.

16 Oct 2014

Ethnicity may play role in occurrence of surgery-related breathing problems in children

Ethnicity may play a role in the occurrence of breathing problems during and after surgery, suggests preliminary results from a new study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2014 annual meeting.

15 Oct 2014

Latino children don't receive adequate pain control after surgery, say researchers

More than two-thirds of children from low-income Latino families don't receive adequate pain control when they go home after surgery, according to a study being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2014 annual meeting.

14 Oct 2014

Scientists report new way to potentially inject tonsil stem cells to repair damaged livers

The liver provides critical functions, such as ridding the body of toxins. Its failure can be deadly, and there are few options for fixing it. But scientists now report in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces a way to potentially inject stem cells from tonsils, a body part we don't need, to repair damaged livers - all without surgery.

25 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: Employers and health benefits; Sen. Pryor's ACA endorsement; waging war on hep C

Most of the political class seems to have decided that ObamaCare is working well enough, the opposition is fading, and the subsidies and regulation are settling in as the latest wing of the entitlement state.

25 Aug 2014

Blood test can predict recurrence of HPV-linked oral cancers

Research published yesterday indicates that recurrence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-induced cancers affecting the oropharynx (the area of the throat just behind the mouth) can be predicted by blood and saliva tests that screen for DNA fragments from HPV that have been shed by cancer cells.

1 Aug 2014

Blood and saliva tests help accurately predict recurrences of HPV associated oral cancers

Physicians at Johns Hopkins have developed blood and saliva tests that help accurately predict recurrences of HPV-linked oral cancers in a substantial number of patients.

1 Aug 2014

CHOP study: Children with specific gene variants may require higher doses of pain-control drugs

In the first genome-wide analysis of postsurgical pain in children, pediatric researchers identified variations in genes that affect a child's need for pain-control drugs. The findings suggest that at some point physicians may calibrate pain-medication dosages according to a child's individual genetic makeup.

2 Jul 2014

Tonsillectomy in adults improves quality of life

Tonsillectomy for recurrent pharyngitis in adults improves quality of life for the overwhelming majority of patients, report researchers.

30 Jun 2014

Summer offers ideal opportunity to get tonsil removal

Pool pass, sports camp, visiting relatives and getting tonsils removed are all normal activities for children during the summer months.

25 Jun 2014

University Hospital Dinant Godinne surgeons successfully perform robotic-assisted surgeries with Flex System

Leading surgeons at the University Hospital Dinant Godinne completed the world's first robotic-assisted surgical procedures with the Medrobotics' Flex System.

18 Jun 2014

Culture-based tests can help in accurate diagnosis of sore throats

Clinical guidelines conflict on testing teens and adults whose symptoms point to a possible strep throat.

29 May 2014

People urged to undergo oral cancer screenings as part of Oral Cancer Awareness Month

Oral and oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the mouth and upper throat) collectively kill nearly one person every hour of every day of the year.

27 Mar 2014

Avoiding cSMG during radiation therapy is safe in head and neck cancer patients

Avoiding the contralateral submandibular gland during radiation therapy is feasible and safe with advanced stage, node positive head and neck cancers and base of tongue lesions, according to research presented today at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.

24 Feb 2014

Reduction of RT to IB lymph nodes may result in better salivary function in head, neck cancer patients

For head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy, a reduction in the amount of radiation treatment volume to the submandibular (level IB) lymph nodes resulted in better patient-reported salivary function, according to research presented today at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.

21 Feb 2014

Tonsil News and Research

Children from lower-income families more likely to have complications following tonsillectomy

Ethnicity may play role in occurrence of surgery-related breathing problems in children

Latino children don't receive adequate pain control after surgery, say researchers

Scientists report new way to potentially inject tonsil stem cells to repair damaged livers

Viewpoints: Employers and health benefits; Sen. Pryor's ACA endorsement; waging war on hep C

Blood test can predict recurrence of HPV-linked oral cancers

Blood and saliva tests help accurately predict recurrences of HPV associated oral cancers

CHOP study: Children with specific gene variants may require higher doses of pain-control drugs

Tonsillectomy in adults improves quality of life

Summer offers ideal opportunity to get tonsil removal

University Hospital Dinant Godinne surgeons successfully perform robotic-assisted surgeries with Flex System

Culture-based tests can help in accurate diagnosis of sore throats

People urged to undergo oral cancer screenings as part of Oral Cancer Awareness Month

Avoiding cSMG during radiation therapy is safe in head and neck cancer patients

Reduction of RT to IB lymph nodes may result in better salivary function in head, neck cancer patients

Study reveals alarming increase in oropharyngeal cancers among young adults

Simple protein test useful in predicting survival chances for patients with head-and-neck cancer

Incidence of oropharyngeal cancer on the rise

New 'clinical score' test for patients with sore throats reduces antibiotics usage nearly 30%

Use of IV acetaminophen with narcotics reduces pain in children with tonsillectomies

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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