It can be a common habit—after a shower or getting out of the pool, grabbing a cotton-tipped swab to clean out one's ears to help get rid of excess water, or to remove what one thinks is earwax build-up.
Oct 13, 2022
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Cases of food poisoning slightly decreased in 2021 compared to pre-pandemic years, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Oct 7, 2022
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Anyone who gets a new, unexplained skin rash should call their doctor and get medical care in case it's monkeypox, public health officials advise.
Sep 1, 2022
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Infectious complications continue to affect survivors of childhood cancer many years after initial diagnosis, according to findings from a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Sep 1, 2022
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People with long COVID are going online to look for support. But these valuable discussion forums, chat groups and other online peer-support networks can also spread harmful misinformation.
Aug 8, 2022
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Cases of flesh-eating bacteria, which refer to any tissue-destroying infection, rise in summer when more people are cooling off in bodies of water. The most common bacteria, vibrio, is often found in seawater and has the ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Bugs are a part of summer, like it or not.
Aug 1, 2022
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Research into the "green whistle" pain relief inhaler has found no obvious harm for pregnant women or their newborn babies in a study looking at ambulance cases over 17 years.
Jul 29, 2022
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While most medical attention has been on COVID, work has been underway to eliminate another viral disease, hepatitis C.
Jul 28, 2022
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In one of the first studies to investigate the overall quality of care and outcomes of stroke care for non-COVID-19 hospitalized patients during the pandemic from a national U.S. perspective, researchers from the U.S. Department ...
Jun 22, 2022
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