Moms and dads -- grab a sponge and step away from the dishwasher. A new study suggests that hand-washing dishes (and leaving some microbes on a fork, bowl, or plate in the process) may help reduce the ...

(Reuters Health) - Parents who wash dishes by hand, instead of in a dishwasher, are less likely to have kids with allergies, according to a new study from Sweden. While the researchers can’t say ...

Doing dishes the old-fashioned way — by hand — might help curb a modern-day problem: rising rates of childhood allergies, a new study suggests. Researchers in Sweden found that children living in ...

Most parents want their children to live in an environment that's clean and sanitary. We all buy home appliances that allow us to keep our homes as spotless as possible with little effort. But ...

Moms and dads — grab a sponge and step away from the dishwasher. A new study suggests that hand-washing dishes (and leaving some microbes on a fork, bowl or plate in the process) may help reduce the ...

Washing dishes might be the best chore for a kid. Doing dishes by hand instead of using a dishwasher might prevent or reduce allergies in children, according to a Swedish study published in the ...

Lisa Batchelder of West Orange, N.J., first noticed it as a young adult. "When I carried a plastic bag on my arm, I got welts on my skin," she recalled. After a similar reaction to an adhesive bandage ...

Washing dishes by hand, rather than in a dishwasher, may help prevent allergies in children, a new Swedish study has found. In addition, the study suggests that consuming fermented or farm-bought food ...

Moms and dads — grab a sponge and step away from the dishwasher. A new study suggests that hand-washing dishes (and leaving some microbes on a fork, bowl, or plate in the process) may help reduce the ...