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 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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- 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 ...

A small study in 2002 gave credence to an old remedy for an ugly problem when it stated that duct tape, that ever-popular emblem of inventiveness and quick fixes, was a highly effective treatment for ...

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, ...

If you already know 101 uses for duct tape, here's another one: It can help you get rid of warts. Doctors use a variety of medical therapies to rid their patients of warts, often with disappointing ...

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 ...

If you live long enough, something's bound to happen. After all these years of being the No. 1 spokesman for the duct-tape industry, I am finally getting to see the gray, sticky stuff get the ...

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 (AP) - 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 ...