Could sucking on your baby’s pacifier reduce their risk of developing asthma and allergies? According to a new study, it just might. In a study released Friday by the Henry Ford Health System in ...

According to the results of a new study conducted by the Henry Ford Health System, sucking on your baby’s pacifier could help prevent the child from developing allergies and asthma. Over a course of ...

No, no, not the binky!! That will be many an exhausted parent's first reaction at the news that researchers have found striking levels of contamination with a wide variety of scary germs on some used ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Conventional wisdom has been to clean a baby's pacifier using soap and water. But new research shows another method -- that's somewhat unconventional -- could have unexpected ...

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That old-fashioned way of cleaning your baby’s pacifier with your own saliva could transfer germs that actually help boost the infant’s immune system and stave off allergies, according to a recent ...

Forget boiling, or antiseptic wipes: The best way to clean a Binky may be putting it in your own mouth. A parent who sucks on a baby’s pacifier to clean it is loading it up with hundreds of good types ...

As a woman without kids, I gag at the thought of a parent sticking their child’s pacifier into their own mouth to clean it. But a new study has found there’s actual health-promoting merit to the ...

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SEATTLE — Licking a pacifier to clean it before giving it to your child might help prevent allergies, according to research presented here at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2018 ...

New research suggests a link between parental sucking on a pacifier and a lower allergic response among young children. If the thought of sucking your baby's pacifier to clean it and then popping it ...