Growing Up With Dogs May Help Kids Avoid Asthma
- 9 years ago
A comprehensive study out of Sweden has found that infants who grow up with pet dogs in their homes have a 13 percent reduced chance of having asthma by age 6.
Dogs may be man’s best friend, but they may also be helpful towards preventing a common ailment in children.
A large study from Sweden has found that kids who lived with dogs from birth to age one reduced their risk of having asthma by 13 percent by the time they turned six.
The research was inspired by previous work which found that children who lived on farms had about half the rate of asthma, and the scientists wanted to see if this outcome
Dogs may be man’s best friend, but they may also be helpful towards preventing a common ailment in children.
A large study from Sweden has found that kids who lived with dogs from birth to age one reduced their risk of having asthma by 13 percent by the time they turned six.
The research was inspired by previous work which found that children who lived on farms had about half the rate of asthma, and the scientists wanted to see if this outcome