Washing Hands

  • HealthYahoo Life UK

    Could brushing your teeth and washing your hands be the key to living longer?

    Artist David Hockney seems to think so.

  • NewsYahoo Life UK

    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 i