You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. If you're spending time outside this summer, beware: Ticks that typically latch onto a person's skin ...

There are some sounds you hope you never hear. For example, the buzzing sound of a tick burrowing into your eardrum. That's what happened to a 9-year-old boy in Connecticut who was taken to the doctor ...

After suffering a painful-sounding injury last week, Gwen Stefani was back on stage Tuesday night performing on “The Voice.” According to her beau, Blake Shelton, the singer flew on an airplane with a ...

Our ears are a delicate instrument, composed of a variety of elegant structures. Less than a millimeter thick, the eardrum or tympanic membrane receives information from our surroundings and transmits ...

A new study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, the official peer-reviewed publication of the American Academy ...

Eardrum is said to be ruptured when a tear or hole is diagnosed in the thin membrane that separates the middle ear from the ear canal. It is also known as a tympanic membrane perforation. The eardrum ...

If your ear is bleeding, it could be caused by anything from something stuck inside to a torn eardrum. The bleeding can come from the outer, middle, or inner part of your ear. The outer ear is the ...

Children who suffer through multiple ear infections are often candidates for ear tube surgery. But a new study finds that the use of one type of ear drops — quinolones — after these surgeries may ...