You’ve likely felt your heart beating in your chest after strenuous activity — or have taken your pulse by placing your fingers on your wrist or neck. A less common — and sometimes startling — ...

Ear infections are painful and can potentially damage hearing. Sometimes they're misdiagnosed or even overdiagnosed. Now researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to help doctors get a better ...

This is the way to be ear-responsible. A UK doctor is sharing sound advice about how we should be cleaning our ears. “How should you keep your ears clean? You don’t,” the 31-year-old general ...

Earwax, medically known as cerumen, is a substance naturally produced by glands in the ear canal. It serves critical functions: Trapping dust, dirt, bacteria, bugs (really!) and other foreign ...

If your child has frequent ear infections, your child's doctor may recommend ear tube surgery. It's the most common childhood surgery performed with anesthesia. More than half a million children in ...

One in three Americans older than age 65 has some hearing loss. If you’re not hearing as well as you once did, you can take steps to manage the issue so that it doesn’t limit your life. You can also ...

Ear infections, also known as acute otitis media, are very common, particularly among children. They can be very uncomfortable and painful, but there are steps you can take to help ease the symptoms.

The World Health Organization estimates that by 2050, almost 2.5 billion people will have some degree of hearing loss. At least 700 million of these people will need hearing rehabilitation. If ...

Ear wax, medically known as cerumen, serves as your body’s natural cleaning and protection system for the ears. While some odor is normal, understanding when that smell signals a problem can help ...

There are few things more maddening than inner-ear itches — they're the literal definition of an itch you can't scratch. If you've been wondering the same questions — "Why are my ears itchy?" and ...