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1 Five Germ-Friendly Areas That Need a Spring Clean
Allergies
2 Why Sudden Allergies in Adulthood?
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3 Fight Allergies With the Rhino Horn
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4 Sleepies: Where Do They Come From?
Cats
5 Testing For Allergies - No Need for the Pricks?
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6 Allergies and Humidity
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7 Weekend Well-Being: Spring Cleaning Head-Start
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8 Got Allergies? Get a Dehumidifier
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9 What's in Your Pillow?
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10 Health Tip: Buy New Pillows
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11 How to Deal With Seasonal Allergies, Asthma and Exercise
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12 Do You Know About Dust?
There's no time like Spring to start getting cleanliness on the brain. A clean space makes us happier and more productive, but staying healthy and combating sickness is another reason to dust, scrub, and disinfect your home. Here are five important germ-infested areas that you shouldn't overlook when you dive into your duties! Read more
Industrial design graduate Olga Kravchenko's Snowdust Lampshade is designed to celebrate dust. Dust, she says, looks best when it accumulates in a natural environment. So with its mass of branch-like shapes, the lampshade is just the thing to catch the small particles as they fall. If Swiffer is your best friend, this lamp probably won't jive with your cleaning routine. But if you're the sort Read more
There are some household cleaning tasks that seem to fall off of my to-do list, and cleaning my blinds definitely counts among them. It's easy to ignore the fine layer of dust and grime that slowly accumulates on horizontal blinds, especially since cleaning every individual blind is often a daunting prospect. However, keeping the level of dirt and dust low in your home will help it to stay pretty Read more
In the past, I've given you the lowdown on how to dust and where to dust . . . but what to dust with? Well, genuine ostrich down feather dusters are a-ok, but aside from that you should opt for microfiber towels. Wait. Scratch that. How about a microfiber bunny? That's right, the Fred and Friends Dust Bunny ($14.99) is made from "high-tech, dust-gathering, machine-washable, high-pile microfiber, Read more
If you suffer from year-round allergies to dust ones, Summer weather is not your friend. The air gets full of moisture, which dust mites love. Since those little buggers require 50 percent humidity in order to thrive, you want to figure out how much humidity is in your home (especially your bedroom), and make sure the humidity is under that magic number. In order to figure that out, you'll want Read more
I hate dust. Since it's everywhere, and I'm allergic, it makes me miserable. Plus if I think about how dust has little microscopic dust mites living in it, I get really creeped out. Dust might seem like just annoyance, something you're always having to clean up, but knowing all about it will inspire you to clean. Take this quiz to see what I mean. Source Take the Quiz Read more
It's certainly always healthy to make your home as fresh and clean as possible. But, as you may have noticed, sometimes it's hard to find the time to get it all done. So, don't waste one precious notch on your clock, dust only what can be seen. If you have 12 foot ceilings, but all of your friends top out at under six feet, there's no need to summon for a ladder to get your dusting done. Just Read more
Many people live through childhood sleeping with their pet kitties on their pillows, rolling around on dust filled carpets, and collecting flowers and weeds to give to their moms. They do this without a sneeze or sniffle. Those same carefree kids grow up and when they hit their 20s, they suddenly develop allergies to all those things. What gives? Allergies can develop at any age, and its Read more
I've always been under the impression that feather dusters simply redistribute dust, but it's a little more complicated than that. Apparently, ostrich-down feather dusters actually work; their feathers will trap the dust, and then you can shake it out later outside of your house. However, dusters made of anything else, including lamb's wool, chicken feathers, or synthetics, won't do a thing to Read more
Dusting: a simple, crucial, and often overlooked task of housekeeping. No pointing fingers here, but you may have noticed that letting dust accumulate amounts to a heavy-duty grime job that's not good for your house or your immune system. What you might not know is that new houses are more likely to acquire dust quickly because they don't have the air circulation that older, draftier homes do. To Read more
