A famous body modification artist cut out a client’s inner ear in “conch removal” surgery, for aesthetics. “To get some facts straight note that this procedure doesn’t make you deaf,” wrote Maiber ...

A small study out of India suggests that blowing into a conch shell—a practice rooted in Indian tradition—may provide relief for people suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, the most common ...

Regularly blowing through a conch shell for six months significantly improved sleep among a small group of people with sleep apnea, researchers in India found. Photo by Kitreel/Adobe Stock/HealthDay ...