Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with sleep-disordered breathing had lower health care use after tonsil removal. Those who had surgery ...

OAKLAND, CA (KGO) -- A young girl from Oakland is brain dead after going into surgery to have her tonsils removed. Now her family is demanding answers. Jahi McMath, 13, and her mother Nailah Winkfield ...

The girl is an 8th grader at E.C. Reems Academy in Oakland. She entered the hospital last Monday to get her tonsils out, but complications left her brain-dead. Doctors say she hasn't been showing any ...

NEW BERLIN, Wis. (WTMJ) – An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy has spent over 50 days in the ICU after a tonsil surgery went wrong. Liam Klaver went in for a routine surgery to get his tonsils removed back in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Humans have been taking our tonsils out for a remarkably long time ...

An 11-year-old boy put into a medically-induced coma after complications from his tonsillectomy now must relearn basic motor skills, his Wisconsin family says. Liam Klaver had routine tonsil surgery ...