Travelers swear by this old wives’s tale for relieving ear pain, but doctors are skeptical of the hot cup’s efficacy.

A commercial airline pilot has issued a stark warning about the "very serious" risks of flying with a cold. Captain Jaimes ...

Typically, the tube stays closed and only opens to equalize air pressure between the middle ear and the outside environment. According to the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), some ...

It often uses old structures (or ancient genes) for new jobs. The mammalian ear is a perfect example. Over the eons, the jawbones of our fish ancestors became three separate small bones that ...

The phenomenon is known as barotrauma. Symptoms can include ear pressure, ear pain, hearing loss, and dizziness. Barotrauma occurs when the eustachian tube, which connects the back of the nose with ...

At almost 94 years old now, I still have some fight left in me. I and others have been asking the provincial government for almost 30 years to sit down and explain how and where equalization is spent ...

About a million kids get ear tubes every year to help drain fluid and treat recurrent ear infections. A new way of performing the procedure was approved by the Food and Drug Administration a few ...

"I don't think it's something to be ambivalent about," Holt said in an interview about calls for major changes in the federal equalization program. "We have some significant challenges and ...