Impacted earwax is very common, and it gets even more common as you get older. The reason? Earwax becomes less pliant with age, and is therefore more likely to get stuck. It can also cause ...

Earwax plays an important function in keeping our ears healthy, but too much can cause problems. The majority of people don't need earwax removal and excessive cleaning can damage your ears. But in ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)--CNN--The doctors' advice hasn't changed much, but it's still so unsatisfying: You should not use cotton swabs to clean your ears. Updated clinical guidelines published Tuesday in ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA-- An updated clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery Foundation published today in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery provides ...

• Specific physical features: deformed ear canals, dense hair growth, etc. • Spontaneous resolution (at least partial) is common, as is recurrence of impaction. • Conductive hearing loss resolves with ...

The urge to extract earwax with fingers is quite common, and more so among Bhutanese. But it is not advisable according to ...

In 30% of elderly and developmentally disabled people, wax collects to the point where it can block the ear canal Up to two-thirds of people in nursing homes may have that condition Of all the ...

Janie York examines the ear of Elaine Martin at the SilverRidge Assisted Living facility in Gretna, Neb., in August. Martin had “quite a bit” of earwax before getting her ears cleaned by York and ...

While earwax is often something people don’t think about, blockages can lead to a range of irritating symptoms, including ...