Despite being a traditionally trained physician, I consider myself open to many complementary therapies. I appreciate the value of meditation to soothe the nervous system, of prayer and visualization ...

Though ear candling has been practiced for millennia, the practice’s authenticity is still questioned. “It is best defined as the use of an ear candle which is (typically) a beeswax or paraffin wax ...

(National-NBC) Feb. 21, 2005 - Donald Cuthbert had trouble hearing. He says his job puts him around loud noises, and the result is too much wax build-up. So, his wife suggested an ear candle, "I ...

For those of you that are not familiar, ear candling is a process that is supposed to clean out ear wax and other stuff by "sucking" it out using heat from a burning candle (sounds weird, right?). Ear ...

Ear discomfort, whether caused by water, altitude or infection, can be painful or disruptive to daily life. But Harmony Boulton, an Escazú-based specialist in holistic medicine and owner of Harmony’s ...

Jesse Eisenberg is set to play Lex LuthorMat Hayward / 2014 Mat Hayward As the L.A. Times health blog reports, the Food and Drug Administration recently issued a warning advising consumers not to use ...

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Take a look at a box of Q-tips, and you’ll see it lists a “variety of uses.” You can use the cotton swabs to apply first aid ointments and creams, clean and dust hard-to-reach spaces, like keyboards, ...

The doctors’ advice hasn’t changed much, but it’s still so unsatisfying: You should not use cotton swabs to clean your ears. Updated clinical guidelines released this week in the journal ...