Dogs Information - October 7, 2008

Melamine Tainted Chinese Candies Recalled From American Stores

September 30, 2008 - Topics babies, cats, dogs and food
Tainted Chinese candies have been found in the United States, imported by a California company.

California-based Queensway Foods Company Inc., a U.S. distributor of White Rabbit Candy, has recalled every flavor of the Chinese-produced White Rabbit candy it had imported

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Study: Childhood Exposure To Pet Animals Raises Snoring Risks

August 22, 2008 - Topics child, study, disease, cats and dogs
Children who are exposed to pet dogs, cats or other furry friends at home can develop problem snoring when they grow up, a new study has revealed. Heavy snoring has been linked to early death, heart disease and stroke, not to mention the obvious problems of sleep deprivation for the snorer and their partner.

Karl Franklin, the study's lead author and a physician at University Hospital here, analyzed sleep habits and other childhood hospitalizations of men and women aged 25 to 54 -- all residents of Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and Estonia -- and got responses from 15,556

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U.S. Universities, Colleges Battle Bedbug Infestation

August 21, 2008 - Topics dogs, blood, outbreak and travel
Bloodsucking bedbugs have returned with a vengeance in many college dorms.

Dan Mizer, associate director of residence life at Texas A&M University, which has dealt with bedbugs in the past, explained the bedbug campus invasion to more foreign travel by students, a larger bedbug population, new rules that discourage widespread fumigation and maybe tougher bugs more resistant to pesticides

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Study: Pet Dogs Can Boost Children's Immune System

April 29, 2008 - Topics immune, study, dogs, child and mites
ontrary to parents' fears, a pet dog can actually boost a child's immune system and keep away asthma and other allergies, a study by a German scientist has revealed.

Joachim Heinrich of the Institute of Epidemiology at the Heimholtz Centre in Munich, Germany, led the study of over 3,000 children whose health was monitored from birth until they reach the age of six

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China Takes Aim At Tainted Food With New Law Aimed At Increasing Food Safety

April 21, 2008 - Topics food, safety, dogs, global and legislation
China has revealed its proposed new food safety law designed to combat problems with substandard or dangerous food and restore faith in the country's food products, according to reports Monday.

China's CCTV reported Monday that the law was the first of its kind for the nation

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