Ear Candling Doesn’t Work (and Can Make Your Earwax Worse)
Plenty of folks swear that ear candling works, and if you’re trying to be good and not use Q-tips, this spa service may seem like a reasonable way to get…
How to Safely Pop Your Ears
Photo: FotoHelin (Shutterstock) Whether it was driving up a winding mountain road, riding in a skyscraper’s high-speed elevator, or a traveling on a plane, you’ve probably experienced a feeling of…
How to Prevent Swimmer’s Ear
Photo: JaySi (Shutterstock) Now that summer is in full swing, people lucky enough to have their own pool (or at least live near someone who does) are probably spending a…
“Historic Moment”: Doctors Successfully Transplant 3D-Printed Ear Made Of Living Cells
The first of its kind clinical trial was conducted by 3DBio Therapeutics. (Pixabay/Representative photo)A 20-year-old woman in the United States has become the first person to undergo a successful ear…
Everything You Never Thought You’d Need to Know About Adult Ear Infections
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) Some medical incidents are inextricably linked to the childhood experience: Kids throw up a lot for some reason, they skin their knees, they have their tonsils removed,…
Stop Cleaning Your Ears
Photo: Regreto (Shutterstock) You rarely, if ever, need to remove earwax on your own. Earwax is good! I know this. I really do. And yet—even though I know better—sometimes I…
Eardrum implants made from pig guts could fix chronic glue ear
By Pat Hagan Glue ear can be a painful conditionTara Moore/Getty Images A patch of tissue from a pig’s guts could treat severe cases of glue ear, a condition that…
Hearing restored in rats by modifying ear cells to respond to light
By Michael Le Page Cochlear implants that restore hearing could be improved by genetically modifying the nerve cells in people’s ears so that they respond to light instead of electricity,…