How Your Family Pet Can Help Prevent Childhood Asthma

Posted: 22/06/12

A recent article out of Darwin has shown that exposure to pet hair in the early stages of life can strengthen the immune system and help prevent childhood asthma.

This aligns with what we already know about exposure to pets early in life being positive, however other studies have also said that multiple pets are even better. For example, kids who live on farms have less prevelance of asthma.

Click on the link below to read more:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/06/20/3529423.htm?site=darwin

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