Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California ER doctor Joe Whittington recommends using a clean, unused medicine syringe to create a suction to easily remove a ...

Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic or a thorn that becomes embedded in the skin and the soft tissue underneath. The outer skin layer, known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Picture this: You're enjoying the weather outside on the porch when you brush up against a piece of wood and suddenly feel a sharp ...

Baking soda may draw out deeply embedded splinters by increasing osmotic pressure, causing the skin to swell and push the splinter to the surface. A splinter is a sliver of foreign material that gets ...