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 ...

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 ...

Nasal congestion is a common condition in which the nasal passages and nearby tissues have restricted airflow through them from structural narrowing, swelling of the tissues and blood vessels, or both ...

Researchers have uncovered new details in how the olfactory epithelium develops. The new knowledge could help scientists prove that turbinates and the resulting larger surface area of the olfactory ...

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 ...

A student had slug-like growths removed from her nose after they caused her to suffer breathing problems for almost a decade. Julia Khalil, 21, from West Hampstead, London, claims she had agonising ...

A septoplasty is a surgery for treating nasal blockage. A doctor may recommend this type of surgery for treating a deviated septum, long-term sinusitis, removing nasal polyps, and other conditions. A ...

As far as anatomical ventilation systems go, our noses are pretty impressive. Scrolled sheets of bone called turbinates can take much of the credit for that. Covered in soft tissue called conchae, ...

The gas chromatograph, a ubiquitous scientific instrument used to separate and analyze different gasses, could learn a great deal from the cat’s nose, a new study says. As the first detailed study of ...