My son often wears earphones all day, and I wonder whether wearing unclean earphones could harm the ears and what kinds of ...

Ear pimples are a common occurrence, but you have to take careful steps to treat them at the risk of damaging your hearing.

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Ear infection symptoms usually include a fever, ear pain or fullness, and a headache in children and adults. Antibiotics ...

What’s worse than getting hand sanitizer in a paper cut? OK. A lot of things. But an insatiably itchy inner ear might take the cake for minor but maddening bodily inconveniences. The unreachable ...

It turns out, you shouldn’t use a cotton swab to clean out your ears. Your ears are self-cleaning machines, with very little maintenance required. One of its best defenses? Earwax. Earwax is a ...

Most of us have been using cotton swabs to clean our ears since babyhood, but apparently, it’s really not a good idea. The swabs, aka Q-Tips, have been around for decades, first being made in the ...

Summer, sun, and cooling off: On hot days, a visit to the outdoor pool or jumping into the lake is simply part of the experience. However, the bathing pleasure is often followed by an unpleasant ...