Michigan State University researchers have revealed that dog owners who walk their pets regularly, are healthier than those who do not do so. “Walking is the most accessible form of physical activity available to people,” said epidemiologist Mathew Reeves. “What we wanted to know was if dog owners who walked their dogs were getting more physical activity or if the dog-walking was simply a substitute for other forms of activity,” he said. The researchers found that owning... 

Kids who live on farms breathe in fresh clean air and they are less likely than city-bred kids to have asthma, according to a new European study, the results of which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, the study attributes the reduced asthma risks to the wide variety of microbes that kids living on farms are exposed to. A comparative analysis to study asthma and atopy in kids raised on farms and those raised elsewhere was undertaken by lead researcher Markus Ege, an... 

If you ask me, I’ll tell you that I like animals very much! Nevertheless, I cannot afford keeping them at home. The reason is allergy, the most uncomfortable disease ever known on the Earth. As the matter of fact, the reason for allergy can be various. However, among the most common forms of the allergic reactions are allergies to household pets. But what is the reason of an allergic reaction to pets? The majority of people consider that pet allergy is caused by the fur of dogs or cats. Surprisingly...