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Nisean Lorde
4 body parts you should be cleaning (but probably aren't)
Most people remember to lather up the important parts of their bodies: faces, nether regions, armpits -- but what about your belly button?

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Marie Claire Dorking
Could your baby's favourite teether be a health risk?
Remember how upset the Internet was last year when parents cracked open their kids’ sippee cups to find them riddled with mould? Well prepare for mould gate part two because turns out your baby’s favourite teething toy might not be quite so hygienic either.
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Marie Claire Dorking
Science says we've been washing our hands all wrong?
Deputy chief medical officer, Dr Gina Radford, believes the majority of people aren’t spending long enough or washing their hands in the right way, which is putting them at risk of common infections. Worse still, this failure to carry out what she described as ‘basic hygiene’ is actually contributing to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, which is serious stuff. Speaking at an International Longevity Centre debate in London and reported by Mail Online, Dr Radford said that the rise in antibiotic resistance wasn’t being helped by people not washing their hands properly.
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mclifestylewriter
Model speaks out about the dangers of dirty make-up brushes after contracting serious eye infection
Be honest when was the last time you cleaned your make-up brushes? Anthea Page has decided to call out professionals in the fashion and beauty industry after she got an eye infection from make-up brushes used backstage at a show. The model, who’s featured in Harpers Bazaar and Cosmo Bride, contracted a strain of staphylococcus aureus, and claims the infection lead to her being forced to cancel her modelling commitments and take strong antibiotics to rid her of the bacterial infection.
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Jasmine Jones
Study Reveals Those Most Likely To Trim Their Quim
Mary, Mary, not so hairy, how does your lady garden grow? The study published by The JAMA Network was drawn from a sample of over 3000 women divided by age into 5 groups (18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54 and 55-65).
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Natasha Preskey
Here’s Why You Definitely Want To Wash Your Water Bottle More
Research by treadmillreviews found that that water bottle you’ve been lugging around in your hand bag for weeks is covered in nasties and drinking from it could be as unhygienic as licking your loo. Researchers studied water bottles that had been used by athletes over the course of a week. Some water bottles were found to be worse than others, with slide-top bottles being the most germ-ridden, straw-tops the cleanest and screw-tops somewhere in between.
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Alice Sholl
We’ve Been Brushing Our Teeth Wrong The Whole Time
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Claire Sparks
Do We Actually Need To Wash Our Hands After We Wee?
We go to the loo then we wash our hands. Of course we do; it’s a no brainer, right? Except, apparently, it isn’t. Study after study show that in fact a huge percentage of people do not wash their hands after going to the toilet.
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Jasmine Jones
The Microbes On A Child’s Handprint After Playing Outside Show The Bacteria Lurking
Microbiologist Tasha Sturm took the print of her son’s hand after he’d been playing outside. The microbes show just how much bacteria we’re exposed to. The print was taken on an agar (a sterile petri dish filled with a substance used to grow bacteria) which was then incubated at body temperature for a day then left to sit out at room temperature. Sturm captured the photo after allowing the bacteria to grow for about a week.