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Article: Duct-tape fans stick with remedy despite wart study.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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Byline: Julie Deardorff
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, anti-ulcer and chemotherapy drugs, electrical currents, acid solutions and surgical knives.
Nothing, of course, except duct tape.
Sticky duct tape, the wondrous all-purpose fixer, is used in everything from auto and spacecraft repair to fashion. Though largely considered one of those wacky "folk remedies," duct tape stuck it to liquid nitrogen in 2002, when researchers found it outperformed the conventional treatment.
And ...