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| The kid is healthy, the Dogues not so much. |
A new study published in PLoS ONE says homes with dogs in them are swarming with bacteria, and that's a good thing. Notes a summary article on the Discovery web site:
Bacteria would seem to be the last thing we’d need, but that’s not the case. This phenomenon, however gross sounding, seems to be healthy for most people.
Women who have a dog in the home when pregnant, for example, are less likely to have children with allergies. Researchers suspect the mom-to-be and her unborn child are exposed to a wider variety of microbes. They then become accustomed to them.
Previous research has shown that dog bacteria in a house also reduces the chance of childhood asthma.
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