A new study shows AI can detect Parkinson’s disease with 94.4% accuracy by analyzing volatile organic compounds in earwax ...

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 ...

Imagine diagnosing Parkinson s disease not with pricey scans or subjective checklists, but with a simple ear swab. Scientists ...

Most treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD) only slow disease progression. Early intervention for the neurological disease ...

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

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.

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.

Human earwax, whether removed by a curious finger or an ill-advised cotton swab, is usually tossed in the nearest garbage shortly after its removal. But this sticky substance can hang on to clues ...

In fact, it is a replica of a plug of earwax from a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). “As whales grow, wax plugs form layer by layer in their ear canals and they can tell you incredible things ...