A nationwide study of more than 30,000 children found that living with cats was not linked to worse asthma control, lung function, or flare-ups, challenging long-standing concerns about cat ownership ...

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Cat ownership may have a protective effect against the development of asthma symptoms in young children at age five. The study found that children with cats in the home were more likely to have made ...

Adding lab-made antibodies to allergy shots may better groom the immune system against cat allergies than standard shots alone. The combination therapy also reduced allergy symptoms for a year after ...

Asthma is the leading chronic illness among children and remains a major reason for pediatric hospital admissions worldwide. According to the Global Asthma Network, approximately 9.1% of children and ...

Yes, cats can get asthma too. Unfortunately, many people overlook early signs or misinterpret them. PETBOOK editor Saskia Schneider lost a cat to the disease herself and explains why even ...

Children with asthma and allergies who live with one or more cats do not experience worse asthma outcomes than children without cats at home. This is according to a comprehensive Swedish registry ...

We adopted a 1-year-old male Siamese-mix cat from the SPCA six months ago. My vet diagnosed asthma, put him on prednisone and prescribed Flovent to be administered with a mask to his face. Between his ...