Differences in the chemicals people's bodies produce - which some people can even smell - may help detect the disease much ...

Learn how an oily substance found in earwax has become a critical resource to detect Parkinson's disease.

Chinese researchers have developed a test that analyzes earwax to detect Parkinson's disease with 94.4% accuracy. Researchers ...

Using an innovative diagnostic method that could transform early detection, scientists at Zhejiang University achieved a ...

YOUR earwax could be used to predict whether you’ll develop Parkinson’s, scientists say, About 153,000 people in the UK live with the devastating neurological disorder, caused by a ...

Imagine diagnosing Parkinson s disease not with pricey scans or subjective checklists, but with a simple ear swab. Scientists in China have developed a promising early screening method that detects ...

Researchers report the initial development of a system that inexpensively screens for PD from the odors in a person’s earwax.

It’s one of those bodily substances most of us prefer not to think about. Earwax, that sticky, sometimes smelly stuff you clean out of your ears, seems like nothing more than an annoyance.

From Alzheimer's to cancer, earwax can contain valuable indicators to a person's health. Now scientists are analysing its chemistry in the hope of finding new ways of diagnosing diseases.

The only reason you should clean them is to soften or remove earwax from the outside of your ear canals. And if you’re going to do that, you’ll need to know how to do it carefully. Your ears ...

When it comes to earwax removal, you're probably familiar with what not to do. (Your mom's old warning about never putting anything smaller than your elbow in your ear might come to mind!) ...

The first thing to understand is that earwax isn’t an enemy that must be eliminated, said Dr. Alexandra Quimby, an ear, nose and throat doctor at Upstate University Hospital in New York.