Most of us have done it. After a shower, you grab a cotton swab, tilt your head, and twist it gently inside your ear. It feels satisfying, almost like a ritual. The cotton comes out with a hint of ...

There are over-the-counter eardrops that can help break up excessive earwax. Water-based options contain ingredients such as ...

Feel the need to clean your child’s ears? Step away from that cotton swab. Despite years of warnings to avoid putting the product into the ear canal, more than 263,000 children in the U.S. had to be ...

The most common injury among young children was a tearing, or rupturing, of the tissue that separates the ear canal from the middle ear. MinnPost’s reporters work hard to bring you news about what’s ...

You’ve been told for years that you’re not supposed to clean your ear canal with a cotton swab. It’s dangerous and not very effective…. but it feels so good! So you do it anyway, day after day. The ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. Doctors have ...

When Vidya Raman’s son complained of water in his ear after a shower, she did something many mothers do. She grabbed a cotton swab. But her pre-teen son jerked when she inserted the swab. Her son ...

An Australian woman has warned of the dangers of misusing cotton swabs after a life-threatening infection eroded her skull and left her with permanent hearing loss. The woman identified only as ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBS) – There's a new study out showing just how many children are visiting hospital emergency rooms because of cotton swabs causing ear injuries. Researchers with Nationwide Children's ...