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Jan 2025
27m 23s

One Doctor's Decision to Stop Showering

CNN
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Dr. James Hamblin stopped taking regular showers. And no, he didn’t stink. The doctor and journalist joins Dr. Sanjay Gupta to explain why he set out to challenge this social norm and the science behind doing less to stay clean. 

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