Healthy Home

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas, carbon monoxide is often hard to detect. Here are some of the most common signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.

These tools are designed to make cooking healthy easier and more interesting than cooking without them. But it’s not just about staying trim and fit: They’re also essential in keeping your family from getting sick.

Most people agree that plants look nice, but there are more reasons than just aesthetics to have more of them in your home. Plants do positive work for your home’s air quality that you may not be aware of, and they can also benefit you in other healthy ways. Set up a variety of plants […]

Sure, it’s 90-Fahrenheit and you’re sitting in your living room, sweat dripping off your forehead. Your instinct is to close all the windows and switch on the central air conditioning, which will surely give you relief from the relentless onslaught of heat and humidity. However, while using air conditioning is a pretty surefire way to […]

Most of us are quite diligent when it comes to washing certain household items, including dishes, kitchen counters, utensils, bathtubs, sinks, towels, and clothing. That’s a good thing as most of these items can easily attract germs, potentially infecting our food and making our families sick. However, the reality is that there are often items that […]

Sure, bathrooms differ as far as wall color, bathtub size, and cute little bath mats and waste baskets. However, there’s two things all bathrooms have in common: they’re wet and they’re humid. As you can understand, this typical bathroom environment can be a breeding ground for bacteria and germs. So if you keep these seven […]

Does your living space bring you joy and happiness? Or is it filled with stress-causing clutter? The zen-home movement is all about turning our homes into sanctuaries; places of rest, relaxation and joy and one of the first places to start when looking at your own space is focusing on decluttering. We tend to accumulate […]

You know these seven household chores need to be done, so don’t put them off any longer. You can literally get your sweat on by breaking out the vacuum, broom, mop, or snow shovel…no pricy athletic equipment necessary.

Household debt is a major problem in the U.S. and it’s not just about the numbers. Although, this Business Insider article claims that American household debt grew to $11.85 TRILLION in the first quarter of 2015), debt is also closely linked to, and impacts, your health. If you’re not feeling up to your usual standards […]

A new study presents a somewhat unsurprising though important finding: the more children in a household, the more likely members of that household will get sick. The study, which was carried out by a research team based at the University of Utah School of Medicine, involved an examination of 26 households and 108 family members. […]