GP and ITV talking head Dr Amir Khan has explained why you should never use a cotton bud to clean the wax out of your ears.

Dr Amir Khan is known for sharing handy health advice on ITV but, in a recent Instagram video, he turned his attention to the ...

Dr Amir Khan has issued a warning to his social media followers urging them to avoid using cotton buds in their ears, and ...

ITV's Dr Amir Khan has warned against using cotton buds to clean your ears, and explained why it's best to avoid the common ...

Though it was initially believed that smoking a cig took 11 minutes off your life, a new study from The University College London revealed that the average is nearer to 20 minutes, almost double the ...

With a complete ban on plastic cotton buds now in effect, these are the environmentally friendly alternatives to use instead. As a nation we’re getting more and more savvy when it comes to being ...

And why are the consequences so bad? “The satisfying sensation associated with wiggling our fingers in the ear canal or cleaning it with cotton buds is due to the sensitivity of the ear ...

Plastic straws and cotton buds could be banned in England as part of the government's bid to cut plastic waste. Ministers pointed to one estimate that 8.5bn plastic straws were thrown away in the ...

The measures cover plastic straws, plastic drinks stirrers and plastic cotton buds in England from April 2020. Only plastic drinks stirrers will be totally banned from sale - currently 316 million ...