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Article: Cats, dogs may lower allergy risk
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- The Press
- Article date:
- March 30, 2006
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Growing up with cats and dogs may reduce a child's risk of
developing allergies, according to a new study.
Sydney researchers who followed more than 500 children born to
families with no pet cats found those who acquired a cat in their
first five years of life were less likely to test positive in allergy
skin- prick tests.
The Childhood Asthma Prevention Study found the reduced risk did
not depend on the child's age when a cat was acquired, nor whether
the cat was kept indoors or outdoors. A reduced response to allergy
tests was also found in children who grew up with dogs. The research
findings, presented this week at the annual scientific meeting of the
Thoracic Society of Australia and ...
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