Scientists found more than 600 distinct viruses after swabbing peoples' toothbrushes and shower heads — but thankfully, the vast majority of them are more helpful than harmful. "There is so much ...

The cotton swab, better known as the Q-tip, is the most common device used for cleaning your ears. Its shortcomings illustrate the basic problems with using these types of instruments for earwax ...

One area that may be a little trickier? Your ears. As ear wax accumulates, it may be tempting to stick a cotton swab in your canal to clear it out. But that can be dangerous and damage your ear canal.

This suggests that cheek swabs could be an improved way to measure and predict healthy vs unhealthy aging and mortality in humans. We don’t all age at the same rate. But while some supercentenarians ...

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There are different types of group B strep tests for pregnant people and babies. Group B Tests for Adults Swab test: You will lie on an exam table, and a healthcare provider will use a cotton swab to ...

There's a new swab test that might be able to tell you how long you have left to live. It's pretty well known that a whole range of lifestyle factors play a significant role in determining how ...

A new test called CheekAge, based on a quick swab of cells in the mouth, might someday be used to predict how long a person has to live, developers report. The test tracks what are known as ...

Tally Health’s CheekAge is a noninvasive cheek swab. Getty Images Most biochemical tests that predict a person’s biological age rely on blood DNA, but Tally Health’s CheekAge is a ...