Catfight! More dueling headlines Cats help to cause asthma. Or they don't. It depends on what you read.
Here's how a new study released in the UK is being reported in Manchester, England:
REDUCING levels of household allergens, such as cat fur and dust mites, is unlikely to have a major impact on cutting asthma and allergies in children, a study suggested today.
Many researchers in the last 20 years have claimed that the risk of childhood respiratory allergies is linked to how strongly children are exposed to allergens in early life.
OK, that study from the journal Thorax, is getting lots of attention in the British press. But less attention seems to directed toward news from this study:
Cats in the home increase the risk of asthma in children by spreading airborne fungi, according to new research.
A study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology also found that damp and cockroach infestation increased the risk.
It's just at the medical news service wire now, so maybe the press will pick up on it tomorrow. Or maybe the British press has a pro-cat bias.
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