Cats can save your life if they aren't busy taking a nap PING!! :-)
Yet dog owners had the same rate as nonowners. "No protective effect of dogs as domestic pets was observed," said the study, presented Thursday at the International Stroke Conference in New Orleans.
Dr. Adnan Qureshi, a stroke expert at the university, said he decided to raise the question because other studies have suggested pets can help reduce stress. He and his team analyzed 4,435 people who had answered questionnaires about pet ownership.
But the cat-dog differential came as a surprise. "We don't understand this completely," he said, but "it's probably not a coincidence."
Asked if he owns a cat, Qureshi replied: "No. Maybe I should get one, though."
Cats vs. dogs
• 90 million cats are owned in the U.S.
• 36 percent of U.S. households (or 38.4 million) own at least one cat.
• 56 percent own more than one cat.
• 74.8 million dogs are owned in the U.S.
• 39 percent of U.S. households own at least one dog.
.............SOURCE: American Pet Products Manufacturers Association
Have a fun discussion with this one!
Enjoy
kitty good for you ping
Hope this works for me. I wonder if the effect is increased if the number of cats is increased?
Didn’t work for my Dad, though. He had 2 cats and had a massive stroke right before Christmas.
Gather your cats around the computer and visit this page -
http://www.kessels.com/CatSounds/index.html
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So if I have ten cats I’ll be what, 300 to 400 percent less likely to die of cardiovascular disease? Sounds like a good deal to me.
Great story! I wonder if people with an affinity for cats have adopted Feline Filosofy and take a less stressed approach to life, contributing to a lesser liklihood of stress-induced cardiovascular events. 5 or 10 minutes a day (usually at 3AM!) my cat zooms around, demon-possessed with the kitty-jitters...the rest of the time he’s either power-napping, nibbling, or perched on top of me buzzing his fool head off, i.e., just a typical cat. Dog people generally seem much more hyper, like their dogs (should bassett hounds be excluded?) - so perhaps it’s that someone will choose cats or dogs based on that person’s innate emotional makeup, Type A heart-attack people choosing dogs, Type B relaxed people choosing cats?
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this is where looking at the data critically might help
Women have less cardiovascular events than men
more women own cats then men
more men have dogs (ie dogs dont appear to have the protective effect)
Thats all folks and plus the study is funded by a pet association u think there might be some bias?!
Based on my experience with cats these extra years are more than offset by quality of life issues.
Cats bring alot of joy. Joy strengthens the heart.....
GET DOWN FROM THERE!
GET OUTTA THAT!
QUIT THAT!
OOOUUUCH! @#%%$#$%!!!
I have three kittens hanging around my keyboard and a cat’s foot on it. I should be doing good.
You don’t live longer.
It’s like a bad date.
It just seems longer!
it's an obvious personality thing....less risky folks own kitties than say Rotts or Pits
bet that study would frown on these cats as pets
