Experts say the way you shower – if it is too hot, the wrong type of soap, if you exfoliate too much – might be why your skin ...

A shower is a relatively simple routine that usually doesn’t require 10 steps or a plethora of products. A daily shower with ...

A new study adds to a now well-established argument that so-called antibacterial soaps are no more effective than regular soap and water in reducing bacteria count during a typical handwashing.

Certain foods may affect how you smell when compounds interact with bacteria — fish, garlic, spices and red meat could ...

Antibacterial chemicals may pose health risks, and may not prevent spread of germs.

Don't waste your wipes As people around the world become vastly more attentive to cleaning, they're buying antibacterial wipes as fast as retailers can keep them stocked. People are using them to wipe ...

In households with young children, they have become a standard fixture sinkside. Foamy, glittery, neon-colored or fruity, antibacterial soaps are to today’s parents what a warm hat was to their ...

Products marketed as "antibacterial soaps" give the impression that they might be better at killing microbes than regular soap. But new research suggests they don't actually do all that much that ...

When shopping for soap or body wash to use in the shower, how do you decide which one to buy? Do you simply reach for the least expensive one? Choose the one that smells the best? Go for the one with ...

Antibacterial agents, including the chemicals found in soaps and hand sanitizers, have been in household and commercial cleaning products for decades. In the 1950s and 1960s, antibacterial soaps ...