Plantar warts are common growths that appear on the bottoms of your feet. They're caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which thrives in warm, moist environments (like locker room floors). The ...

GAME. 330 RIGHT HERE ON CHANNEL FIVE. ALL RIGHT, FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT. WINNING THE WAR AGAINST PLANTAR WARTS. THEY CAN BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM YOUR HANDS AND YOUR FEET. SO WE’RE ...

Routine procedures such as splinter removal and wart treatment are increasingly billed as surgeries, leading to unexpected costs for patients. When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son ...

When a wart is treated, the skin goes through several stages of the wart falling off. First-line wart treatments help the wart fall off by slowly killing the skin damaged by the virus. They may also ...

Medicare does not pay for benign wart removal for cosmetic reasons. However, it may fund the removal of malignant warts, warts that have spread to other body parts, or warts that are symptoms of ...

People are starting to trade in the flip flops for shoes, and that really can mean an increase in injuries and foot conditions. Dr. John Thomas with Thomas Podiatry and Associates joins us to talk ...

QUESTION: I had a painful, swollen plantar wart on the bottom of my foot for more than a year. I had it removed surgically, but it came back with a vengeance. The pain became unbearable and made it ...

When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to a pediatrician last summer for a checkup, the doctor noticed a little splinter in the child's palm. "He must have gotten it between the ...