Owning a dog might help your future children — by slashing their risk of eczema, research suggests.
US experts tracked eczema rates in almost 800 children under the age of two and looked at whether their parents kept a dog indoors during pregnancy or in the first year they were born.
Being exposed to a dog appeared to have a ‘significant protective effect’ against developing eczema in children, they claimed.
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