Many of us reach for a cotton swab (commonly known as an earbud) to clean our ears, believing it's the best way to remove earwax. However, what appears to be a harmless habit can actually put your ...

A test that uses a simple cotton-bud cheek swab has been developed to monitor children with a potentially deadly heart condition. Medics said the test would allow clinicians to pick up small ...

you reach for a pair of cotton buds, also known as cotton swabs, stick one end into a safe depth in your “suspected dirty ear,” and twirl away until you are able to extract a sizable amount of ...