Soap And Health

"James Hamblin made a splash when announcing he hadn’t showered or used much soap in five years. The physician, Yale public health lecturer, and staff writer at The Atlantic experimented on himself as research for his latest book, 'Clean: The New Science of Skin.'

"Hygiene rituals are as old as recorded civilization. While Muslims and Hindus created elaborate cleaning rituals, European Christians thought bathing increased your chances of falling ill thanks to miasma theory. For centuries, changing your linen shirt supposedly bestowed cleanliness—not soap and water. Many Christians during this era only had one bath in their entire lives: baptism."

Click on the link below for some interesting information that, like much of science, is counter-intuitive:

Clean: The New Science of Skin

Treatment For Bacterial Infections Is In Trouble

"Drug-resistant bacteria — also known as superbugs — are on the rise globally, and they're now killing more people each year than either HIV/AIDS or malaria. And low- and middle-income countries are being hit the hardest by the rise in antibiotic-resistant infections."

For the last two years, medical science has been rightly focused on the treatment and prevention of a viral pandemic. What is being pushed to the back burner is the growing issue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Click on the link below to understand the seriousness of the issue:

Why humans are losing the race against superbugs