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Article: Duct tape heals warts. (Health).
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- Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- December 20, 2002
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TACOMA, Wash. -- Duct tape has a million uses--patching leaky pipes, repairing broken toys, holding down toupees, and so on. According to one report, a zoo even used duct tape to shut a kangaroo's pouch because the joey kept popping out before it was old enough to explore the outside world.
Now, duct tape has a million and one uses. A study done at the Madigan Army Medical Center has found that the shiny tape cures warts. Doctors treated a group of patients, ages 3 to 22, who had warts on their hands and feet. Each wart was covered with a piece of duct tape that matched the size of the wart. The patients were told to wear the patches for six days, then to remove ...