Dear Doctor: My boyfriend let a friend of his pierce his earlobe and cartilage, and both places got infected. He says things will get better on their own, but I’m worried. What should he be doing?

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Tongue piercing may have caused a brain abscess in an otherwise healthy young Connecticut woman, said doctors at Yale University School of Medicine. The piercing initially made her ...

Parents — you might want to be all ears for this. Dr. Tania Elliott, a board-certified physician and mom of two from New York, is warning people not to pierce their babies’ ears. Elliott is a health ...

While antibiotics have greatly reduced the dangers of ear infections, serious neurological complications, including hearing loss, facial paralysis, meningitis and brain abscess still occur. While ...

MAYWOOD, IL - While antibiotics have greatly reduced the dangers of ear infections, serious neurological complications, including hearing loss, facial paralysis, meningitis and brain abscess still ...