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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...