This review is again focussing on novelties in ENT in 2010 for our non ENT colleagues, as we removed on purpose technical and hyperspecialised topics. Interesting subjects include the increasing role of Helicobacter pylori, the epidemiology of otitis media and the efficiency of topical treatment, an MRSA review in US children, the impaired nasal permeability in smokers, the contamination of the "nose bottle" in case of sinusitis, new technologies in adjuvant cancer treatment, and the prevalence of HPV positive tumors, having a better prognosis, and the importance of follow-up, ENT tumor patients being at risk for recurrences. Other subjects will also be covered.