Instead of removing earwax from our ears, cotton swabs are just as likely to push wax up against the eardrum, causing it to become impacted and muffling our hearing. Credit: Photo by Sharon McCutcheon ...

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A real-life horror tale that’s gotten renewed media attention this week is sure to make you think twice about digging earwax out of your ears. An Australian woman says she developed a life-threatening ...

Dr Saurabh Sethi warns against using Q-tips, citing a study that shows over 70 percent of ear injuries in ER result from them ...

After experiencing painful infections, hearing loss, and a seizure, doctors discovered a piece of the cotton swab lodged in the man's ear canal, surrounded by wax and debris Joelle Goldstein is a ...

I could not wait to get home from work today to write about my afternoon. Even as a pediatrician, I sometimes get "coaxed" into seeing an adult patient, usually the parent of one of my patients. So, I ...

You've probably used cotton swabs to clean your ears. Here's why ENTs say you shouldn't. (Getty Images) "Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have ...

Talk about getting an earful. A British man contracted a “potentially life-threatening” bacterial infection in the lining of his skull after he used a cotton swab to clean his ear. A piece of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A man in England has sworn off cleaning his ears with cotton swabs after developing a potentially ...

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Read full article: Substitute teacher arrested after student thrown in classroom, St. Cloud police say A 31-year-old man developed an infection that spread to his brain after cleaning his ears with ...