Bone Tired: You Yawn, So Does Your Dog | Synopsis

Bone Tired: You Yawn, So Does Your Dog

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It turns out that part of canine habits may provide evidence that dogs truly are man 's best buddy. A study from Lund University in Sweden located that our canine friends typically yawn in reaction to seeing a human do the exact same thing. The phenomenon, known as contagious yawning, is prominent among many groups of pets, humans included. However, the process, which is believed to show empathy and help contribute to team mentality and social structure, has actually been less studied between types.

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Elainie Madsen

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0.146546	“They go through what seems to be an empathy development that somehow mirrors humans’ empathy development, so it’s just obviously on a very different time scale,” Madsen said. “Human children don’t begin to yawn contagiously until they’re about 4 years old. Below that age, they seem pretty immune to others yawning at them. In dogs, this happens when they’re about 7 months old. Dogs below that age don’t seem to yawn, either.”
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We’ve all heard that a dog’s bark can be worse than its bite, but what about its yawn? It turns out that aspect of canine behavior may provide evidence that dogs really are man’s best friend. A study out of Lund University in Sweden found that...

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Bone Tired: You Yawn, So Does Your Dog

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Pesticides in Tap Water Linked to Food Allergies | Redux

Pesticides in Tap Water Linked to Food Allergies

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Researchers at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology used existing government data to see whether people with more dichlorophenols in their urine were more likely to have food allergies. Dichlorophenols are a kind of chlorine in certain pesticides that are known to kill bacteria, and in theory, they could be killing the naturally occurring bacteria in humans’ digestive systems, causing food allergies. “We wanted to see if there was an association between certain pesticides and food allergies, and we were specifically interested in dichlorophenols because those were the ones that had this antibacterial effect,” said lead researcher Dr. Elina Jerschow. “When researchers have compared bacteria from the bowel in healthy kids versus bacteria in the bowel for kids that have lot of allergies, they’ve noticed a big difference.

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Immune system Bacteria Allergy Asthma Pesticide Immunology Food Antibody

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0.238543	“We wanted to see if there was an association between certain pesticides and food allergies, and we were specifically interested in dichlorophenols because those were the ones that had this antibacterial effect,” said lead researcher Dr. Elina Jerschow. “When researchers have compared bacteria from the bowel in healthy kids versus bacteria in the bowel for kids that have lot of allergies, they’ve noticed a big difference.”
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Dr. Kenneth Spaeth

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Organization: American College of Allergy

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As food allergies become increasingly common, a new study offers the first proof that they may be linked to pesticides found in tap water. Researchers at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology used existing government data to see whether people with more dichlorophenols...

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• allergies
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Pesticides in Tap Water Linked to Food Allergies

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