One of the more dangerous medical myths I frequently see in the ER is the widespread belief by patients that copious amounts of hydrogen peroxide should be used to clean cuts and scrapes of any size.

Every year, countless minor injuries occur in homes, garages and backyards across the country. The immediate instinct for many is to reach for a familiar brown bottle of hydrogen peroxide or a swab of ...

Cuts, scrapes, burns—we all experience them and reach for home remedies we think are tried and true. But are we helping the healing process or making it worse? Today, we’re setting the record straight ...

Are you misusing this common item in your medicine cabinet? This emergency room physician’s assistant is telling viewers that they’re probably misusing hydrogen peroxide. Gen Xers, Millennials, and ...

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