Otitis Media

A single dose of a bioengineered gel, developed by US researchers, could deliver a full course of antibiotic therapy for a common childhood ear infection, a preclinical study has found.

Exposure to secondhand smoke could affect hearing development in children and increase their risk of hearing loss during adolescence.

Chronic middle-ear infections in children are linked to alterations in taste buds that change their sensitivity to certain foods.

Babies and toddlers who live in areas with moderate air pollution have a higher risk of middle-ear infection than those breathing clean air.

Children who suffer frequent ear infections, otitis media, often harbour high numbers of the bacteria that cause the infections.

Although drugs called antihistamines are a useful treatment for cold symptoms, they can make ear infections worse. The findings indicate that antihistamines and steroids, which help reduce inflammation, are not effective treatments for a common ear infection in kids called acute otitis media (AOM).

A single dose of a bioengineered gel, developed by US researchers, could deliver a full course of antibiotic therapy for a common childhood ear infection, a preclinical study has found.

Exposure to secondhand smoke could affect hearing development in children and increase their risk of hearing loss during adolescence.

Chronic middle-ear infections in children are linked to alterations in taste buds that change their sensitivity to certain foods.

Babies and toddlers who live in areas with moderate air pollution have a higher risk of middle-ear infection than those breathing clean air.

Children who suffer frequent ear infections, otitis media, often harbour high numbers of the bacteria that cause the infections.

Although drugs called antihistamines are a useful treatment for cold symptoms, they can make ear infections worse. The findings indicate that antihistamines and steroids, which help reduce inflammation, are not effective treatments for a common ear infection in kids called acute otitis media (AOM).