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Think using cotton buds is cleaning your ears? Think again! You might be pushing wax deeper and damaging your hearing. Your ears can actually clean themselves. The safest way is just to wipe the outer ...

Listen up! An Ohio-based ear, nose, and throat surgeon is revealing how to properly clean wax out of ears — and it doesn't involve cotton swabs. Cotton swabs "really weren't made to clean your ears — ...

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Our bodies produce all kinds of substances, and people have different tolerance levels for them. One that can be really bothersome is earwax. But believe it or not, this substance actually serves a ...