WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Duct tape does not work any better than doing nothing to cure warts in schoolchildren, Dutch researchers reported on Monday in a study that contradicts a popular theory about an ...

MANY of the items lurking around your home could provide cheap fixes for common health issues, says a doctor. From black tea ...

Duct tape for warts was studied in a randomized, “placebo”-controlled trial (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:1121-1125). Children aged 4-12 years with warts (N=103) were randomized to have a single ...

The efficacy of duct tape as a potential noninvasive treatment for warts, or verruca vulgaris, was recently evaluated in a randomized trial (Arch Dermatol. 2007;143:309-313). Ninety immunocompetent ...

Q: I’ve been able to remove two individual warts easily and cheaply. I’d had one for three or four years on my heel. The other was several months old, on my left triceps. Some years before, I’d read ...

Duct tape's success at curing warts may have been overstated, according to a new study that raises doubts about the tape's effectiveness as a cheap, painless treatment. The tape supposedly works by ...

Warts are a prime example of a skin condition that’s stubborn, bothersome and a possible source of embarrassment for some. We’re told by board-certified dermatologist and skin care founder Dr. Blair ...

Q: I am a nurse and have always relied on conventional medicines or physician-supervised treatments. I noticed a wart on my upper arm that had grown to about pencil-eraser size and remembered an ...

Warts may be harmless, but they’re definitely unwelcome. These small, rough bumps caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) ...