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For Kids With Earwax, Skip Cotton Swabs, Expert Urges
Published 03/09/2018FRIDAY, March 9, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Cotton swabs might seem like handy tools for clearing wax from children's ears, but they just might do more harm than good.
In fact, each year roughly 12,540 injuries to children's ears stem from the use of cotton swabs, according to a study cited by Dr....
'Microbiomes' May Hold Key to Kids' Ear Infections Germ communities in the middle ear differ greatly between affected and unaffected people, study shows
ByE.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Recurrent ear infections are the bane of many children -- and the p...
Decline in Kids' Ear Infections Linked to Pneumococcal Vaccine The shots are effective in killing the main bacterial cause, but other germs are growing, researchers find
ByMaureen SalamonHealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- American kids' ear infections dropped threefold ov...
Hear This! Keep Cotton Swabs Out of Kids' Ears An estimated 12,500 U.S. children are injured every year after cleaning mishaps, researchers say MONDAY, May 8, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Thousands of kids wind up in U.S. emergency rooms every year for ear injuries caused by cotton swabs, a new study...