Nowadays, we can take a bath every hour if we want, with countless hygiene products available in stores. However, people in the Middle Ages could only dream of such luxuries and often had to rely on ...

Personal hygiene varies widely around the world, influenced by cultural, climatic and historical factors. While some practices may seem strange to us, they reveal fascinating approaches to well-being ...

New Zealand has a much higher rate of reported campylo-bacteriosis cases than the rest of the developed world. It has been suggested that New Zealanders have worse home hygiene practices during food ...