A badger pelt in the bassinet could help reduce baby’s risk for asthma: study

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A badger pelt in the bassinet could help reduce baby’s risk for asthma: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/badger-pelt-bassinet-could-help-reduce-baby-risk-175310035.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tjxbmkOYv_wn8P95oo2irw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/shutterstock_16.b6703124303.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A badger pelt in the bassinet could help reduce baby’s risk for asthma: study" align="left" title="A badger pelt in the bassinet could help reduce baby’s risk for asthma: study" border="0" /></a>Sleeping on animal fur shortly after birth could protect against allergies and asthma, according to German researchers who presented a large-scale, 16-year cohort study at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Munich Monday. Exposure to the microbial environment of animal fur during the first three months of life could help reduce the chances of developing asthma during childhood, according to Dr. Christina Tischer, from the Helmholtz Zentrum München Research Centre and her team. &quot;Previous studies have suggested that microbes found in rural settings can protect from asthma,&quot; says Tischer, referring to studies conducted using data from participants from rural areas. Dr. Tischer and her team set out to explore the question as to whether animal pelts could make up for the lack of exposure to dander and nature common among children born and living in urban settings.</p><br clear="all"/>

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