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 ...

Splinters are fragments of a foreign object—usually wood, but they also can be thorns, plastic, or metal—that break off and embed into your skin. They're annoying, and even a tiny sliver can be ...

Splinters can be painful and irritating, despite how small they can be. There are plenty of strategies to remove that bothersome embedded chunk under your skin but which one is the safest? Should you ...

It can be a freeing feeling to shuck off your shoes and walk outside barefoot during the warm spring and hot summer until the deck sticks your exposed foot with a tiny, pointy gift: a splinter. But it ...

This is a story of bloodshed and cupcakes and our stupid-expensive health care system. It is a Tale of Two Splinters. Two journalists walked into the Star Tribune newsroom this summer with splinters ...