Have you ever caught yourself absentmindedly picking your nose in a quiet moment? It feels like a private, harmless habit that most of us share without much thought. Yet, recent scientific discoveries ...

The Study Behind the Headline This concern all started with a scientific study on mice, published in the prestigious journal ...

Currently, there is little research suggesting that nose picking may increase your risk of Alzheimer’s. More research is necessary. Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that happens when an ...

Collage of an older man looking out a window and a close-up of a man picking his nose. Well, it's not good news for most people. Some 90% of the population picks their nose — sometimes several times a ...

*New research has raised concerns about nose picking and its potential link to Alzheimer’s disease. A recent letter in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences suggests that this habit might be a ...