News tagged with hygiene hypothesis

Gender and hygiene: Could cleanliness be hurting girls?

Little girls growing up in western society are expected to be neat and tidy – "all ribbon and curls" – and one researcher who studies science and gender differences thinks that emphasis may contribute to higher ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Jan 26, 2011 | 4.1 / 5 (7) | 6

Microbes help mothers protect kids from allergies

A pregnant woman's exposure to microbes may protect her child from developing allergies later in life. Researchers in Marburg, Germany find that exposure to environmental bacteria triggers a mild inflammatory response in ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

Dec 07, 2009 | not rated yet | 1