Cleaning your electronic devices is essential for hygiene and performance. Regular cleaning not only keeps gadgets looking ...

Most of us don’t give a second thought to earwax. It’s just one of those weird body things we clean and forget about. But what if we told you that this sticky substance might actually be sending you ...

NEWS' medical expert, Dr. Payal Kohli, explains how our own body can provide us with information about our health.

"Earwax is a normal thing that everyone should have," says A. Morgan Selleck, MD, assistant professor of otolaryngology at the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC.

Earwax is a largely invisible entity — more often felt than seen. Notice a feeling of blocked or congested ears, or a smothered sense of hearing, ...

Earwax — which is not really wax at all, but a substance called cerumen that binds with dirt, dust and debris — is normally produced by the body as a way to clean and protect the ears.

Earwax and hearing aids. When people remove their hearing aids, the devices might have earwax on them. Thankfully, today's hearing aids are designed to be oleophobic — in other words, ...

Earwax can contain valuable indicators to a person's health. Now scientists are analysing its chemistry in the hope of finding new ways of diagnosing diseases.

While earwax may not excite your doctor the way boogers do, there are still some things your ear goop can tell you about your health. Here are 6 of them. It's watery, and has a greenish tint.

In earwax, the chemical settles and builds up over time, indicating to doctors just how long stress levels have been abnormal. “Cortisol sampling is notoriously difficult, ...

“An earwax-like filter may last longer than the traditional mesh ones.” She and her then-undergraduate researcher Zac Zachow began examining the fluid properties of pig, dog, sheep and rabbit ...