June 17, - 11 New research has found that having either a cat or a dog in your home during the first year of your child's life could significantly reduce the risk of them developing common allergies such as asthma.
The study, published in the Clinical and Experimental Allergy journal, found that children who grew up with a cat in the house, were half as likely to grow up to have allergies such as eczema and asthma.
About 40% of asthma suffers