Long after an animal’s soft tissues have vanished, its skull still carries a blueprint of how it sensed the world. For ...

Most people experience issues with their turbinates from time to time. These problems, and the breathing difficulties that accompany them, usually go away on their own or with medical treatment. Did ...

The nasal turbinates are long, narrow passageways that help to warm and moisten the air that flows in through the nose. The turbinates are also called the nasal conchae. If the turbinates are too ...

A turbinectomy is a common surgery often used as a part of treatment for sleep apnea and other breathing-related issues. The procedure itself is simple, and the recovery is quick. Inside your nose, ...

Turbinates are structures inside the nose. Swelling due to irritation, allergies, or infection can cause enlarged turbinates. A person can treat this by addressing the underlying reasons, certain ...

WASHINGTON — Eugene Passer had never heard of the turbinates, a set of tissues that lie in the nasal cavity. Then a doctor removed much of them, he says, and life became a mess. A New York college ...

With eight sinuses, six turbinates and two separate nasal cavities to consider, coding for nasal and sinus endoscopies can be quite a complicated undertaking. Here are five tips to help you code your ...

The blizzard arrived in Alpine Meadows without warning. Hours earlier, before a half moon rose over this California resort town near Lake Tahoe, an uncle and his teenage nephew had been separated from ...

Empty nose syndrome (ENS) is the feeling you get despite your nose being empty. ENS can happen if surgery takes out too much tissue inside your nose. Empty nose syndrome is an uncommon and complex ...

Take a deep, satisfying breath. Barbara Schmidt can’t. With every breath, she feels as if she is suffocating. About 20 years ago, Schmidt had nasal surgery for a stuffy nose and sinus infections and ...

Turbinate hypertrophy refers to an enlargement of structures in the nose, which can make breathing difficult. They often occur due to allergies or infections. Treatment may involve medications and ...