A study published in 2022 found a tenuous but plausible link between picking your nose and an increased risk of developing ...

Research suggests a potential link between nose-picking and increased dementia risk due to bacteria reaching the brain through damaged nasal tissue. Studies on mice revealed that Chlamydia pneumoniae ...

As kids our parents used to scold us for picking our noses, calling it unhygienic and improper habit. But that is not all, it ...

Picking the nose, like nail-biting, skin picking, lip chewing and hair pulling, is considered by mental health professionals to be a "body-focused repetitive behavior." ...