Want To Fight Allergies? Get a Dirty Dog 147
sciencehabit writes "A dog in the house is more than just good company. There's increasing evidence that exposure to dogs and livestock early in life can lessen the chances of infants later developing allergies and asthma. Now, researchers have traced this beneficial health effect to a microbe living in the gut. Their study, in mice, suggests that supplementing an infant's diet with the right mix of bacteria might help prevent allergies — even without a pet pooch."
Re:I KNEW IT! (Score:4, Funny)
Doesn't work (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In other words ... (Score:4, Funny)
I swear, God is a fucking troll.
No, God just loves incestuous scat child pornography. Either that, or it's evolution. You decide, based on whether you're religious or not. ;-)
Re:I KNEW IT! (Score:5, Funny)
There is something about dog ownership that causes deafness.
The solution then to the barking dog problem is to get your own dog.
Re:I KNEW IT! (Score:5, Funny)
There are alphas like that and they should be fined, repeatedly. But you may not understand our situation.
Our barking is to indicate a warning to our packmates or to scare off a threat (or occasionally to intimidate a squirrel). We don't bark much when our alphas are home to hear us because our alphas quickly reassure us that they don't need us to help frighten off the threat. Once our packmates acknowledge the situation, we know we have done our job and can go back to more productive activities.
However, some things are too scary to stop barking, and one simply must keep barking until it has gone away.