Babies who grow up in dog-owning families could end up with an unexpected advantage by the time they reach preschool. Early exposure to dog allergens has been shown to be linked with lower asthma risk ...

As the number of people with allergies grows worldwide, scientists are trying to work out precisely how and why these conditions—such as asthma and eczema—develop. One long-standing idea is the ...

Like we said, dogs don’t really have asthma the way humans do. “It is possible for dogs to get an inflammatory bronchial airway disease,” Dr. Pilossoph told us. “But dogs rarely experience any disease ...

Babies who grow up around dogs are less likely to develop childhood asthma, according to new research. But growing up with cats does not seem to have the same effect, say scientists. Researchers found ...

Babies exposed to dog allergens in the home have a lower risk of developing asthma by the age of five years, according to research that will be presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) ...

New research suggests babies who grow up around dogs may be less likely to develop childhood asthma but the same benefit isn’t seen with cats. Scientists in Canada studied more than a thousand ...