Adenoids News Today

Many parents confuse them with tonsils, but adenoids are not directly visible. They are the first line of defense when harmful bacteria and viruses are inhaled or swallowed.

Commonly associated with children, adenoiditis can cause problems like snoring, runny nose, sore or dry throat, mouth breathing and bad breath.

New physician anesthesiologist-led protocol for tonsillectomy pain control reduces variability, improves patient care, and plays an important role in pain control.

Fallacity to get the care she needs and deserves. they have settle tment talks. here is randi kaye. >> reporter: the surgery sounded simple enough, remove the tonsils, adenoids and extra tissue so she would sleep better. she began bleeding heavily from her nose and mouth and went into cardiac arrest. on december 12th, her doctors told the family she is brain-dead. >> how can she be dead and her heart beats and blood flowing through the system and responds to my voice and touch? how can a dead pe...

Defining traditional marriage. a ruling by a federal judge applies only to death certificates, if youre legally married in one state another one cannot summarily take your license away. its limited. the ruling could lead to more lawsuits challenging the ohios ban. ohios attorney general says they will appeal the judges decision. a heart wrenching case of a california girl declared brain dead and her family who refuse to accept that diagnosis is back in court today. a judge ordered an indepen...

Their daughter is brain dead. a judge monday ordered an independent physician to examine 13-year-old jahi mcmath. chef was declared brain dead after undergoing surgery to remove her adenoids and ton sills. the family do not believe she is dead and went to the court to prevent the hospital from removing jahi from the hospital. >> i feel like my daughter is on death row because i dont know when they are going to pull the plug or make that decision. >> this is, obviously, a tragic situation. a youn...