Healthy HabitsHow Often Should You Wash Your Sheets? Here’s What Germ Experts Recommend Your sheets accumulate sweat, dirt, dust, and more: How much—and how often your dirty sheets need cleaning— depends on your skin, your habits, and your pets.
Healthy HabitsHow Gross Is It to Bring Your Phone Into the Bathroom? Bringing your phone into the bathroom can be a germ-spreading habit with consequences.
Foot Care9 Things That Can Cause a Black Toenail and Treatments That Help The causes of a black toenail can range from toenail fungus to skin cancer. Here’s what it means, how to treat it, and how to prevent it.
YogaHow To Clean Your Yoga Mat—and the Major Reason You Should One yoga practitioner’s story of infection illustrates how important hygiene mindfulness is before you step onto your yoga mat.
ExerciseHow Bad Is It to Re-Wear Sweaty Workout Clothes? Thinking about reusing your sweaty gym clothes? Think again.
HomeThe 8 Best Air Purifiers for Viruses Capture and kill airborne bacteria and viruses in your home with these portable air purifiers that meet our standards.
BeautyHow To Clean Makeup Brushes: A Beautiful Step-by-Step Guide Here’s how to clean makeup brushes and why it can help prevent skin infections.
Eczema7 Eczema Types: What to Know About the Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments If you have itchy skin, redness, and a rash, you may have eczema. Here’s what to know about the seven eczema types, and how to treat them.
Skin HealthWhat Is a Blood Blister? How to Prevent and Treat These Blisters Blood blisters are common and can occur from friction or trauma to the skin. Whatever you do, don’t pop your blood blister at home.
Skin HealthHow to Tell the Difference Between Psoriasis, Rosacea, and Eczema Rosacea, psoriasis, and eczema have a similar and unique set of symptoms, treatments, and flare-up prevention. Here’s how to tell them apart.
Home20 Little Things Everyone Forgets to Clean—But Shouldn’t No matter how much you plan, these always slip through the cracks.
Insects and PestsHobo Spider Bites: Everything You Need to Know Hobo spiders are not actually aggressive and they rarely bite. However, if you get a hobo spider bite, here’s what you need to know.
Insects and PestsBrown Recluse Spider Bites—Everything You Need to Know The good news: Brown recluse spiders aren’t as common as you might think. The bad news: Their bite can be nasty. Here’s how to avoid the spider and what to do if you get bitten.
Home Remedies15 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Baby Shampoo What’s gentle enough to use to cleanse your baby’s tender hair and skin but strong enough to wash your couch? Why, baby shampoo! Who knew?!
Nail CareHow Bad Is It to Bite Your Nails? Experts explain why you shouldn’t brush off your nail biting habit.
Infectious Diseases11 Germ-Spreading Items You’re Probably Carrying Right Now Don’t forget to sanitize these items that are probably grosser than you realize.
