It’s comfortable for adults and kids alike, and versatile enough to be used for checking teeth, nasal cavities, throats, scalp roots, and other hard-to-reach body parts. Clean up your ears a ...

There are different ideas about how to clean your ears. Doctors generally agree that putting anything inside your ear is a bad idea. Your ears usually do a good job cleaning themselves and don’t ...

So what’s the best way to clean our ears? And is using a cotton swab (or Q-Tip, the name brand that has become synonymous with the soft, fuzzy little tool) really as problematic as we’ve been ...

Most body parts are fairly easy to keep clean — just rub on some soap and rinse it off. One area that may feel a little trickier? Your ears. As ear wax accumulates, it may be tempting to stick ...

263,338 kids — about 34 a day — were treated for this type of trauma in US emergency rooms between 1990 and 2010. Farmer notes that “ears clean themselves naturally like a self-cleaning oven ...

Every day, millions of Americans use cotton swabs to clean their ears. However, cotton swabs can push earwax further into the ear, causing wax blockage in the ear canal. Ear candling or ear coning can ...