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Oct
Whether or not you want to hear it, earwax is good for your ears. Earwax stops dust, dirt, and foreign objects like bugs from entering your ear canal and causing an infection. While it's important to keep your ears clean, avoid putting anything remotely sharp into the ear c...
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Oct
Every year or two several otherwise healthy people, often children or adolescents, are suddenly taken ill or killed as a result of Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that travels through the nose and into the brain. Amoebas are single-celled organisms that cannot be seen by the na...
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Oct
You probably don't spend much time thinking about your nose-until you have a cold or allergies, that is. Even a couple of days of a runny nose or nasal congestion can lower your ability to sleep, energy level, and quality of life in general. Your nose is vital to heal...
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Oct
The skin covering the outer ear is susceptible to a number of conditions that can cause them to itch, for example, bacterial infection, fungal infection, eczema, and psoriasis. The most common bacterial infection is otitis externa, or swimmer's ear, which can be caused...
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Oct
Hearing aids convert sound into an electrical signal, which then goes to an amplifier and a receiver that converts the signal to sound waves and sends them into the ear. There are six common types of hearing aids, behind the ear, mini behind the ear, receiver in canal, in t...
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Oct
Halitosis, or bad breath, is most often caused by a certain type of bacteria that produces volatile sulfur compounds. These bacteria can live on the tonsils, adenoids, teeth, gums, and tongue. For people with good oral hygiene, bad breath is most often the result of bacteria grow...
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Oct
While hearing aids and personal sound amplifiers can both help people to hear sounds more clearly, they are not the same things. Personal sound amplifiers are often advertised on TV for people who wish to hear a television show at night without disturbing someone who's slee...
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Many people wait until hearing problems become unbearable before going to get a screening. As many as 36 million Americans have some kind of hearing difficulty, but around half of those people have never had a hearing test. Two universities and a small Indiana-based company are a...
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Oct
Especially for young children, mouth breathing and snoring can be warning signs of an underlying condition. Over time, children who consistently breath through their mouths may suffer from poor mouth and facial development, including elongated face, crooked teeth, even gingivitis...
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Oct
Recent research from the Penn State College of Medicine showed that school-administered hearing tests do not detect noise-induced hearing loss. Many states mandate hearing tests for children throughout their years in school. These screenings primarily focus on low-frequency ...
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Oct
Especially in the elderly, obstructive sleep apnea can sometimes masquerade as dementia. When a person has difficulty concentrating, focusing, and/or staying awake during the day, it can easily be interpreted as early signs of dementia. Since many elderly individuals live alone...
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Oct
If you didn’t grow up with the annual itchy eyes, scratchy throat, and headache, consider yourself lucky. You may not be totally off the hook, though. About half of all new allergies occur to adults in their early 40s. The most common adult-onset allergies include mold, pollen, a...
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