Why Young Children Get Ear Infections so Often

Ear infections are painful for babies and toddlers and stressful and frustrating for parents, particularly when they come back again and again, repeatedly causing distress all around. Most are middle ear infections (otitis media). They are most common in children ages 6 months through 5 years and especially common in children under the age of […]

Clean Ears - Making the Ear Wax Wane

Ear wax has gotten a bad rap. After all, it does have a purpose: to protect the skin in the ear canal and trap dirt before it reaches the eardrum. All the same, however, no one wants to have unsightly crumbs lining their ears. So people have come up with various techniques to keep the […]

How is glaucoma diagnosed and what is the latest treatment for this disease?

There are two types of glaucom, closed-angle glaucoma and open-angle glaucoma. In angle-closure glaucoma, the tract used for fluid drainage is narrowed, and thus does not allow proper fluid drainage. In open-angle glaucoma, the usual drainage route for fluid is normal, but a meshwork through which the fluid flows slows drainage and causes increased levels […]