Doctors have long been warned to go easy on antibiotics and sulfa drugs. When used with routine frequency, such germ killers may defeat their own purpose by leading to ever more resistant germs. Now ...

To avoid germs, Dr. Charles Puza recommends wiping the top of aluminum cans before drinking from them, forgoing lemon wedges in drinks at restaurants, not touching door handles and disinfecting your ...

Mouthwashes have long bragged about killing 99.9% of germs in your mouth, but Rutgers Health researchers suggest this scorched-earth approach may harm oral health by eliminating beneficial bacteria ...

Have you ever wondered why most disinfectants indicate they kill 99.9% or 99.99% of germs, but never promise to wipe out all of them? Perhaps the thought has crossed your mind mid-way through cleaning ...

You may be tempted to wash your laundry on cold to conserve energy, preserve color, and prevent shinkage. However, some things need to be washed in hot water to kill germs and get rid of funky odors.

Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. The gut microbiome has to host enough beneficial microbes to help control the levels of potentially ...

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A review of 32 EEG studies links caffeine to weaker deep-sleep brain waves even when sleep seems normal. What the evidence shows and its limits. Lake Powell hit a record low, and federal forecasts ...

The American Association for Cancer Research's latest Cancer Progress Report highlights the risk posed by several viral and bacterial threats, including HPV. Reading time 3 minutes Some of the worst ...