The sessions of cuddly feline could have some kindness on the heart. According to a new American survey, to have a cat could decrease the risk to suffer from a coronary thrombosis.
According to the data of an enquête1 led by 4 435 topics aged of 35 years to 70 years, those that had a cat saw to reduce of about 40% their risk to undergo a heart attack. The half of the participants was owners of one or several cats.
According to the researchers of the Minnesota Stroke Institute, the presence of a cat in a person’s life could contribute to reduce stress, a factor of risk of the cardiovascular unrests.
It can happen that the dogs, or all other house pet, has a similar effect, underline the researchers. However, the number of owners of dogs was not elevated enough to permit to arrive in this regard to meaningful results.
Although the results of this survey must be considered like preliminaries, the researchers estimate that it could be little about a public health intervention expensive concerning prevention of the cardiac unrests.
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