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To Keep Baby Healthy, Get a Dog

Canine presence cuts infants' ear infection risk: study

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 9, 2012 8:09 AM CDT | Updated Jul 14, 2012 7:44 AM CDT

(Newser) – The best preventive health care for your baby may come in canine form. A study focused on respiratory tract infections (like colds and ensuing ear infections) found that Finnish infants who lived with dogs were healthy 73% of the time during their first 12 months;...   Read full story »

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