What Monks and Male Laity have long known ...

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Maria
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What Monks and Male Laity have long known ...

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Beards may be more hygienic and bacteria-resistant than shaven skin ...

...According to the results, clean-shaven men are more than three times as likely to be carrying methicillin-resistant staph auerus (MRSA) on their cheeks as their bearded counterparts.

Clean-shaven men were also more than 10 per cent more likely to have colonies of Staphylococcus aureus on their faces, ...

Dr Adam Roberts, a microbiologist from University College London, was able to grow over 100 different bacteria from beard swab samples in a separate analysis.

Among the petri dishes, he found the presence of a microbe that appeared to be killing the other bacteria.

Dr Roberts isolated the microbe and tested it against a form of E. coli that causes urinary tract infections, and found the microbes killed the bacterium efficiently. ...

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Re: What Monks and Male Laity have long known ...

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Chalk one more up for BEARDS! AMEN!

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