The Purrrrrrrrrrfect Doctor

     Petti tiyr cat cab significantly cut your risk of dying from a hart attack, according to research presented at this year's American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference.

     Investigators analyzed data on nearly 4,500 adults who took part in the U.S. government's second National Health and Nutrition Examination Study, which ran from 1976 to 1980.  Over the next 10 years, they tracked participants' death rates from all causes, including heart attack and stroke.  They found that cat owners were 30% less likely to die from heart attacks than were participants who did not own cats.  They speculate that the act of petting a cat may trigger biological changes that bring down stress, heart, and blood pressure rates.

Go, Fluffy!