Relationships are often a puzzle, a complex interweaving of personalities, habits and shared experiences. Amidst the intricacies, peculiar insights can emerge from the most unexpected corners. Take, ...

Q: I’ve been dealing with a corn on top of my little toe for almost a year. I used the patches you get at the drugstore and it went away, but a few months later, it came back. Why? How do I stop that ...

A callus is a hard and thick patch of skin caused by friction or pressure, often on hands or feet. Calluses can be treated with salicylic acid, a pumice stone, or by a podiatrist. Calluses are not ...

This week’s damp, muggy weather calls for a closer look at two of the season’s most annoying foot invaders: corns and warts. At first glance, they look the same, but they’re not. Warts are little ...

An Oregon nurse, 37, had corns on her toes since she was 15. Then she began taking large doses of vitamin A—a 100,000-unit capsule daily at bedtime. In three weeks most of her corns disappeared; in ...