Pulse

Music to Their Ears?

By Trout Lowen

Long an occupational hazard for rock musicians, hearing injury is as much a risk for classical musicians.

 

Magic for Sinus Sufferers?

By Kim Kiser

An old remedy for chronic sinusitis finds new popularity.

 

A New Look at an Old Standby

By Carmen Peota

The tonsillectomy is back in vogue.

 

Why They Regrow

By Carmen Peota

What causes adenoids to come back?

 

Novel Approach

By Carmen Peota

Researchers try sclerotherapy for nosebleeds.

 

End Notes

Pumpkin Face

A poem by Ashley Wentworth

 

 

Letters to the Editor

Table of Contents | November 2011

Cover Story

A Cancer Gone Viral

A rise in the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer in younger people has been linked to the human papillomavirus.

By Jeanne Mettner

 

RETROSPECTIVE

A Consideration of the Tonsil Question

How the role of the tonsils was viewed in 1918. An excerpt from an article published in the first issue of Minnesota Medicine.

By Norven H. Gillespie, M.D.

 

Clinical and Health Affairs

The First New Otologic Disorder in a Century: Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome

By Meredith E. Adams, M.D., and Samuel C. Levine, M.D.
 

Meniere’s Disease: New Concepts, New Treatments

By Norman T. Berlinger, M.D., Ph.D.
 

Robotic Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer

By Eric J. Moore, M.D., and Daniel L. Price, M.D.
 

Hyperacusis and Misophonia: The Lesser-Known Siblings of Tinnitus

By Paula Schwartz, Au.D., Jason Leyendecker, Au.D., and Megan Conlon
 

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Review and Update

By Inell C. Rosario, M.D.
 

HOPE Clinic: A Place to Care

By Ruth Westra D.O., M.P.H., Steve Skube, and Melissa Zant

 

Editor's Note

The Mysteries of the Head and Neck

 

Viewpoint

Toward a Unified Profession

 

MMA News

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