Cows, Cats, Siblings, and Immune Health
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007Regular contact with farm animals is associated with a dramatically lower risk of a young child’s later developing an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a fascinating study in the August 2007 Pediatrics. This is consistent with previous studies that showed early contact with farm animals [...]




