According to Dr. Soumya, repeated rubbing with cotton buds strips away protective oils and creates tiny injuries in the inner ...

If you are someone who uses cotton buds to clean earwax, here’s what you should know. Dr. Himanshu Kumar Singh warned that it ...

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. People are putting ...

Ear wax might not seem like a big deal, but for people who are hard of hearing or have issues with their middle ear, a build up of the substance can seriously impact their quality of life. Many people ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Sleeping with earplugs is generally safe and can improve sleep, but improper use ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve always used a cotton-tipped swab to clean earwax out of my ears. My husband says this is dangerous. I think it would be more harmful to leave the wax in my ears. Who’s right? DEAR ...

It seems that icky mix of sweat, dead skin cells, dust, dirt and hair holds untold secrets on everything from our stress levels to our ethnicity, and even our smell. Sorry to say, but if you’re one of ...

Chris Brennan-Jones receives funding from the Cochlear Foundation, the Lions Hearing Foundation (WA) and has previously received funding from the Medical Research Council (UK) and Action on Hearing ...

STRESS and ear wax are linked, a doctor on This Morning explained today. Dr Philippa Kaye revealed that ear wax could provide a "concrete measure" of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol is created ...