(CNN) -- If you're questioning whether tonsillectomy -- a surgical procedure to remove the tonsils -- can really improve sleep and throat health in children, new research suggests to cut it out.

Doctors are calling for more parents to get their children’s tonsils surgically removed in order to improve their sleep and quality of life, and reduce their risk of heart conditions down the line.

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Surgery to remove tonsils and adenoids often seem like a healthy decision, but a new study suggests that this might backfire in a big way. What Is The Link Between Tonsils And Illnesses? Researchers ...

Tonsils, everyone is born with them, but what do they do? “Nobody really knows exactly how they work or what their function is,” says Dr. Ryan Winters, a board-certified Otolaryngologist Head and Neck ...