While frequent and thorough handwashing has become a mantra in the public health arena, the job is never finished until the drying stage. Some public restrooms offer single-use paper towels, while ...

A South Carolina woman is describing the moment she woke up to find her blow dyer burning her hand, which had to be amputated. Watch full story above.Mary Wilson, of James Island, said the last thing ...

"I [fell] on top of the dryer, like it was under me, and I was in a weird, contorted placement and the dryer was still running,” the woman recalled Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — A James Island woman is recovering after she had her hand amputated after it was badly burned by her hair dryer. Mary Wilson passed out while drying her hair at her home on ...

When Nora Keegan would visit a restroom and use a hand dryer, she often thought it sounded too loud. Sometimes she’d notice other children stuffing their fingers in their ears to quiet the roar of the ...

Nora Keegan, a 13-year-old from Canada, had a question: Do hand dryers hurt children's hears? She decided to investigate, and ended up getting her study published in the journal Paediatrics & Child ...

A South Carolina woman is recovering from a horrific accident where she burned her hand so badly with a blow dryer that it had to be amputated. Mary Wilson says she is taking a positive outlook on ...