BBC NEWS | Health | Untidy beds may keep us healthy

Monday, January 24th, 2005

If only I’d known this argument when I was little. From Untidy beds may keep us healthy:

Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies.

A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed.

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