In most cases, leaving your ears alone is the best way to keep them clean and healthy.

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Whether it's a Bon Jovi classic or James Blunt ballad, these tunes have helped patients wake up.
Special equipment, lifestyle changes, and even readjusting your body can make nights more peaceful for your entire household.
The blistering viral illness is seeing an uptick in cases. Here's why you shouldn't be too worried.
Not all questions have a definitive answer. Fortunately, ‘How often should you replace your toothbrush?’ does.
No matter what your favorite PB style is—crunchy, creamy, natural, etc.—if it’s Jif, you should read this.
The meaning of your fever dream is probably just this: You have a fever.
Experts swear by Therabody's elite line of percussive massage guns. Here's what happened when we put the Theragun Prime to the test.
What causes a runny nose? Spicy foods, cold weather, and—strangely—crying. Here’s why.
When schools close this summer, teens will have free access to their local Planet Fitness gym.
These color-coding labels don’t exactly say what they mean—but you can make some educated guesses.
Turns out, doing the dishes isn’t such a chore after all. According to a 2014 study, a “mindful” approach to dishwashing could actually reduce stress.
John Harvey Kellogg, one of the minds behind Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, spent much of his life devising ways to improve human health and vitality.
Amazon’s best-selling hOmeLabs dehumidifier, which takes the moisture out of 1500 square-foot rooms, is now $80 off with a sale price of $170.
Californians may not know it on sight, but there’s going to be something different about their mosquitoes this summer.
Coronavirus can attack insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, leading to low insulin sensitivity that can adversely affect how the body uses energy.
When it comes to calories, burgers and fries aren't the worst offenders on the McDonald's menu.
The smallest bone in your body is one of a set of three whose collective name literally means ‘small bones.’
In 1858, Londoners were overwhelmed with the stench rising from the River Thames. Joseph Bazalgette built an entire sewer system to get rid of of the smell.
According to a new study, your kitchen sponge is capable of harboring more bacterial diversity than a laboratory petri dish.
Shampoo bottles tell you to 'rinse and repeat,' but washing hair twice in a row only makes sense for some people.
Busting out your best dance floor moves when you have to pee may actually prevent you from soiling yourself.