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05/13/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

The dirty truth about clean ears: Why you shouldn’t use cotton swabs in your ears

Cleaning your ear with a cotton tip applicator may feel good, but be warned: You could risk a trip to the emergency room. In fact, the multi-purpose cotton swab has already sent thousands of children into hospitals all over the United States. Researchers from the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio analyzed cases from 1990 […]

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