Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Earwax (cerumen) protects the inside of your ears from irritation and infection. As the body makes new wax, the old earwax usually drains out of your ears ...

A new audiology home visits service has launched to support people who are unable to attend appointments in person in ...

After one particularly harrowing earwax experience involving post-swim waterlogged ears that stifled my hearing for nearly a ...

A new AI-driven system can detect Parkinson s disease from earwax with 94% accuracy by analyzing scent-related compounds. This low-cost, early screening method could revolutionize diagnosis and care.

According to a new Chinese study, which was published in Analytical Chemistry, ear canal secretion, or ear wax, contain chemical compounds which can be telltale signs of Parkinson’s. During the ...

Chen, X., et al. (2025). An Artificial Intelligence Olfactory-Based Diagnostic Model for Parkinson’s Disease Using Volatile Organic Compounds from Ear Canal Secretions. Analytical Chemistry. doi ...

By Michael Franco June 19, 2025 Analysis of ear wax to detect Parkinson's Disease would be a cheap, non-invasive way to detect the condition in its early stages Depositphotos View 1 Images ...

Could your ear wax tell you if you have Parkinson’s disease? Some 90,000 people are diagnosed with the degenerative neurological condition in the U.S. each year, and annual deaths have surged in ...