Dr. James Hamblin, a preventive medicine and public health doctor, stopped showering for five years to explore the necessity ...

American children learn early that not showering regularly is unhygienic. But that’s not necessarily true, according to a doctor who bucked social norms.

"Soap is a valuable tool, he said, mainly to help break up ... He likened it to the clear-cutting of a forest, which isn't always good for the land."We don't know any more than we really do ...