This is a good time of the year, when spring tentatively pokes green fingers into the late-winter air. Thanks to the few warm days of sunshine we've had, along with a batch of rain, there are signs of ...

You may have been taught to clean your ears with a Q-tip or cotton swab -- and even enjoy how satisfying it can be -- but Q-tips aren't the safest method and can actually harm your ears. After all, ...

Every Q-tips box has a warning label: “Do not insert swab into ear canal,” and if you’re going to use it to clean your ears, gently swab the outer part only. But extracting wax from our ear canals is ...