Early-life dog ownership may protect against development of Crohn’s disease

SAN DIEGO — Dog ownership and close interactions with these pets in early childhood could help prevent later development of Crohn’s disease, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.“Our study seems to add to others that have explored the ‘hygiene hypothesis’ which suggests that the lack of exposure to microbes early in life may lead to lack of immune regulation toward environmental microbes,” Williams Turpin, PhD, research associate at Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto, said in a press release.To determine whetherRead More