A Swedish child had a black beetle living in his year for a whole year despite several doctors examining him and determining that the soreness and discomfort he was experiencing was due to a wax plug.

This is the revolting moment a giant plug of wax is sucked from a patient's ear. The huge ball was blocking the unidentified patient's entire ear canal, leaving them deaf. On two previous occasions, ...

Q. I’ve been getting lots of ear wax lately. Please tell me this has nothing to do with getting older. A. I wish I could. Ear wax problems are just one more indignity seniors have to deal with. I ...

Life record A wax plug in the ear of a dead whale has given researchers an insight into its life. The life story of the 12-year-old blue whale is described in this week's edition of Proceedings of the ...

It seems that icky mix of sweat, dead skin cells, dust, dirt and hair holds untold secrets on everything from our stress levels to our ethnicity, and even our smell. Sorry to say, but if you’re one of ...