Earbuds, often thought to clean earwax, actually cause harm by pushing wax deeper, irritating the ear canal, and increasing infection risks. Your ears are self-cleaning; this habit disrupts the ...

Q. I’ve been getting lots of ear wax lately. Please tell me this has nothing to do with getting older. A. I wish I could. Ear wax problems are just one more indignity seniors have to deal with. I ...

Earwax is one of those bodily fluids that's usually out of sight and out of mind—that is, until you put a Q-tip into those ears and, well, you know. It's not pretty. But if you're self-conscious about ...

More online at www.VirginiaHearingAids.com. The canals in our ears are covered with hair follicles as well as glands that produce an oily wax known as cerumen, or ear wax. This wax lines the interior ...

Earwax is a natural ear protector. Most people do not need to clean their ears. Inserting objects like cotton buds can push ...

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 ...

Got an ear itch? Excessive ear wax? Got a cotton swab? Problem solved, right? Wrong. "People should absolutely not stick Q-tips inside their ears," says Arnold Henry, M.D., and ear, nose, and throat ...