Don’t let a splinter get out of hand — a California ER doctor is sharing his simple removal hack. Dr. Joe Whittington, who goes by Dr. Joe on TikTok, recommends getting a clean, unused medicine ...

The carefree barefoot days of summer can increase your risk of getting a splinter -- pieces of wood or other foreign bodies that are partially or fully stuck in the skin. Most splinters are easily ...

Routine procedures such as splinter removal and wart treatment are increasingly billed as surgeries, leading to unexpected costs for patients. When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Splinters are a common, often painful, part of growing up. Sometimes coaxing a child into letting you remove a splinter is tougher than the actual injury. But, there are ...

A carpenter suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a wood splinter in his hand became infected. Dave Parkyn was left blind in his right eye, partially sighted in his ...