STILL SURPRISING TO some, doctors have been using duct tape (yes, the gray kind sold in most grocery and hardware stores) to cure common warts, and even some plantar warts (on the bottom of the foot), ...
About a year ago I noticed a small bump on my left pinky. I had no idea what it was and for the longest time I didn't give it a second thought. However, it started getting bigger and bigger, and ...
Warts might seem trivial, but the stubborn little virus has long stymied the medical establishment. Nothing reliably kills the ugly growths, though dermatologists have tried liquid nitrogen, ...
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 ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is it safe to treat warts with duct tape? The over-the-counter treatments we've tried have not worked for my daughter. Although it might sound a little odd, research has shown that ...
Treating a wart with a covering of duct tape seems to be more effective–and less painful–than removing the wart by freezing it with liquid nitrogen. Researchers at the Madigan Army Medical Center in ...
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 ...
(CHICAGO, October 15th, 2002, 11 a.m.)-- Duct tape, the all-purpose household fix-it with hundreds of uses, can also remove warts. Researchers say over-the-hardware-counter duct tape is a more ...
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 ...
CHICAGO -- Duct tape, the all-purpose household fix-it with hundreds of uses, can also remove warts. Researchers say over-the-hardware-counter duct tape is a more effective, less painful alternative ...
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 ...
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 ...