Cats help babies' health
•get fewer runny noses, coughs and ear infections.
•less risk of gastroenteritis in young children.
•less allergies.
•less chance of upper respiratory infections.
articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/09/science/la-sci-do- - gs-
cats-babies-health-20120709
July 09, 2012|By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
A new study finds that children who lived with dogs or cats during their first year of life got sick less frequently than kids from pet-free zones. The study, published in the Journal Pediatrics, provides fresh evidence for the counterintuitive notion that an overly clean environment may not be ideal for babies.
haring a home with a pet may be an early form of cross-training for the body's defense systems.
For the new study, European researchers tracked the health of 397 Finnish children born between September 2002 and May 2005. When the infants were 9 weeks old, parents began keeping weekly diaries to document a number of indicators of their children's health. Parents also noted when their babies were given antibiotics.
Babies with cats had a 6% advantage over those without feline family members. babies whose cats were indoors more than 16 hours a day were healthy 70.8% of the time. But in homes where the cat was inside for less than six hours a day, babies were healthy 78.2% of the time. For the sake of comparison, young children who lived in cat-free zones were healthy 66.1% of the time.
The researchers offered a possible explanation for the puzzling pattern: Pets that spent more time outdoors brought more dirt into their homes, giving babies more opportunities to encounter it. That exposure could have caused their immune systems to mature faster. The new findings could help assuage parents-to-be who worry about the health consequences of exposing their infant to a pet.
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01/02/2013 09:07.28 PM
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Welcome to CC Feline FurFriend Angel MARCO
******Happy New Year in many languages*********
Happiness, good luck, prosperity, peace and wishes do not pay heed to any boundaries, cultural identities, languages, caste and religious denominations.
Out of the few festivities that are communally celebrated and enjoyed by people across the globe, the New Year's Day celebration is probably the grandest of all.
Afrikaans - Gelukkige nuwejaar / voorspoedige nuwejaar
Albanian - Gëzuar vitin e ri
Bulgarian - chestita nova godina
Chinese (Cantonese) - Sun nien fai lok
Chinese (Mandarin) - Xin nian yu kuai
Czech - štastný nový rok
Danish - Godt Nytår
Dutch - Gelukkig nieuwjaar
Farsi - Aide shoma mobarak
Filipino (Tagalog) - Maligayang Bagong Taon
French - Bonne année
Gaelic - Aith-bhliain Fe Nhaise Dhuit
German - Gutes Neues Jahr
Greek - kali chronia / kali xronia eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos (we wish you a happy new year)
Hawaiian - Hauoli Makahiki Hou
Hebrew - Shanah tovah
Hindi (Indian) - Nav Varsh Ki Badhaai/ Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Hmong - Nyob zoo xyoo tshiab
Hungarian - boldog új évet
Indonesian - Elamat Tahun Baru
Italian - Buon Capo d'Anno
Japanese - Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu
Kazakh - zhana zhiliniz kutti bolsin
Latin - Felix sit annus novus
Norwegian - Godt Nyttår
Polish - Szczesliwego Nowego roku
Portuguese - Feliz ano novo
Romanian - La Multi Ani
Russian - S Novym Godom
Spanish - Feliz Año Nuevo
Sudanese - Wilujeng Tahun Baru
Swedish - Gott Nytt År
Turkish - Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Welsh - Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
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12/29/2012 08:34.53 PM
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Hi Marco's mom
thank you for visiting Rainbow's page and leaving him a vote. We lost Rainbow to chronic renal failure, he was 21 years old, we still miss him very much. We are sorry to hear of Marco's passing from kidney disease. I'm sure that he is having a great time at the Rainbow Bridge waiting for the day when his mom arrives. We left you a vote.Come visit me, Aria, Rainbow (in loving memory) 6/85 - 12/06 & Sammy.
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12/28/2012 08:54.16 PM
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Thanks
To all of the people who vote for my little angel, I know he loves all of you for making him one step closer to cat of the day. I know he wanted to be cat of the day but never got a chance.Come visit me, Marco (in loving memory October 2001-May 2012), Albert & Daisy.
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12/28/2012 07:50.36 AM
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