Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you are constantly using cotton swabs, that means you are constantly throwing away cotton swabs. This ear-cleaning, ...

A man with a compulsive interest in cleaning his ears with Q-tips ended up in the hospital with a brain abscess caused by a cotton swab that got lost in his ear canal, a researcher reported. "Brain ...

Is it safe to use cotton swabs to remove earwax? Most of us have seen or used the earwax-cleaning products all over social media — high-tech lavage kits, spoons equipped with smartphone cameras, ...

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Cotton swabs may feel the most satisfying, but there are safer and more effective alternatives. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times Supported by By Caroline Hopkins Q: I know I’m not supposed ...

A charming article appeared recently in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reprinted from the Washington Post entitled “The Humble Swab Is Having a Moment.” It begins with a description of the now prolific ...

A sentinel trial conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles showed that painless and gentle probing of a wound with a dry cotton swab after surgery dramatically reduced infections in post ...

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 cannot resist the urge to use a cotton swab and clean my ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) – When nearly 22,000 much-need cotton swabs to be used for COVID-19 testing showed up in Washington state, some state employees were left scratching their heads in confusion leading to ...