New research suggests a surprising and potentially concerning link between a common habit—picking your nose—and the risk of ...

The aye-aye is the newest member of an exclusive club: animals that pick their nose. The primates from Madagascar have been recorded for the first time inserting their eight-centimetre-long finger ...

But the species is going to have to get an even better publicist, because one individual was recently caught on camera picking its nose and eating what came out. The individual in question is Kali ...

Some people suggest that picking your nose and eating boogers boosts the immune system. However, no scientific evidence supports this. In fact, eating it may cause negative health effects.

Seeing your child pick their nose, eat their boogers, and wipe their finger on the nearest item is not only horrifying but unsanitary. Nipping this bad habit in the bud is essential and can ...

Little kids can do pretty gross things, including picking their noses and sometimes eating what they dig out. In addition to ...

So, you might worsen particular environmental toxic exposures if you sniff or eat boogers up instead of blowing them out. Nose picking might also be associated with an increased risk of golden ...

By eating mucus, you might be giving your body a chance to learn from these captured pathogens, boosting your overall immune response. Before you start thinking of nose-picking as the next big ...

They did find one study which suggested that nose-picking could spread bacteria in a harmful manner. Another said that eating snot could stop bacteria from sticking to teeth, so it might be good ...

The research team says a video of a captive aye-aye named Kali at the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina represents the first time an aye-aye has been recorded picking its nose and eating the snot.

Eat right by including more vegetables ... Maintain a healthy weight through proper diet, exercise and sleep. As for nose-picking? Snyder said that though we don’t yet know whether or not ...

I recently caught my 3 year old boy picking his nose and eating his snot. Now I know that small children have a tendency to pick their noses, but eating his snot worries me. I just have the following ...