This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON — A study suggests that picking ...

There may be something more than just a bad habit behind this behavior.

Whether it's allergy season or not, warm or frigid outside and regardless of your age, boogers can clog up your nose and impede your breathing. There are many ways of removing boogers from your nose, ...

The thought that picking your nose and eating it could be good for you is certainly unconventional and might sound gross. Nose-picking is a habit many of us would rather not admit to, but it's nearly ...

It is unclear whether or not eating boogers has any benefits. However, some evidence suggests that this habit could expose the body to germs. In a study from 1995, 91% of people admitted to picking ...

Picking your nose have always been seen as bad manners but there is a new research shows that when you pick your nose and eat it, the snot (that is the mucus) helps protect your teeth because of the ...

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Swatting away your child's grubby finger as it inches towards their nose is a reflex most parents have down to a fine art. Most likely, it's a mechanical response we picked up from our own parents' ...