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Person cleaning their belly button with a cotton swab
April 28, 2025/Skin Care & Beauty

The Ins and Outs of Cleaning Your Dirty Belly Button

Make sure you’re being gentle and using a fragrance-free, mild soap to clean your belly button

Person grimicing and holding their nose closed
April 7, 2025/Men's Health

How To Treat the Causes of Smelly Penis

Better hygiene and medical treatment for STIs, yeast or bacterial infections can help address foul-smelling genitals

Person wearing earbuds, sitting in bed undercovers, coughing into their elbow, with laptop open on lap
December 3, 2024/Lung

Best Ways To Stop a Cough

Certain medicines and home remedies like ginger, honey and thyme can help calm a cough

Caregiver drying off toddler with a towel in front of bathtub
September 11, 2024/Skin Care & Beauty

How Often Should You Wash Your Bath Towels?

Wash your bath towels at least once a week, and washcloths at least twice a week

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Person blowing nose, surrounded by medicines and home remedies
May 30, 2024/Primary Care

Why Do I Keep Getting Sick?

Stress and unhealthy habits can lead to more colds, but taking some precautions may help you stay well

zoom in on denim
March 21, 2024/Skin Care & Beauty

How Often Should You Wash Jeans? Can You Freeze Them Instead?

Unfortunately, putting your jeans in the freezer doesn’t kill germs, and it definitely doesn’t get them clean

three bars of castille soap in front of three bottles of castille liquid soap
January 8, 2024/Skin Care & Beauty

Is Castile Soap a Cure-All Cleanser?

This olive oil-based soap is generally mild and safe when diluted

person applying deodorant
October 20, 2023/Cancer Care & Prevention

Can Deodorant Cause Cancer?

Research doesn’t show a link between the personal hygiene product and breast cancer

Closeup of a person washing their hands
October 19, 2023/Primary Care

Why You Really Should Wash Your Hands After Using the Bathroom (Every Single Time!)

Technique matters — and research suggests most of us still aren’t doing it right

Children swimming and snorkling in a public swimming pool.

‘Urine’ for Some Bad News: Peeing in a Pool Isn’t a Good Idea

Despite unhealthy side effects, 40% of adult Americans still pee in pools

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