By coincidence, there’s a paper out today that’s a great follow-up to my last post. In the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers from Emory University, University of Colorado and University College London propose that the excessive cleanliness of modern life doesn’t only contribute to the rise in allergic disease, but is responsible for increase in major depressive disorder as well.

In case you needed another reason not to buy antibacterial hand sanitizers and soap. [Read more…]