You spend roughly 8 hours in bed each night — about a third of your life. That means you’re also spending about a third of your life with your head on a pillow. And in all that time, pillows tend to ...

How often should you wash your pillows? Experts say regularly cleaning pillows rids them of dust mites, dead skin cells, and other allergens. Okay, so, confession time: I don’t think I’ve ever washed ...

Dust mites are microscopic creatures resembling insects that survive on shed skin cells and inhabit carpets, bedding and furnishings - largely going undetected. Yet, their existence in your household ...

If you're pretty lax about washing your bedding, let this story of a woman who had over 100 mites living in her eyelashes due to what doctors reportedly believe was a pillowcase she hadn't washed for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A weekly 4-hour presoaking of bed linens with laundry detergent and bleach, followed by standard washing in warm water, is likely to kill most dust mites, a new study shows ...