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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.mercola.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Owning a Cat 'Cuts Stroke Risk By Third'</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/03/24/Owning-a-Cat-Cuts-Stroke-Risk-By-Third.aspx</link><description>Owning a cat can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes by more than a third. Having a cat helps to relieve stress and anxiety, protecting against heart disease by lowering blood pressure and reducing your heart rate. A study examined almost 4,500</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: Owning a Cat 'Cuts Stroke Risk By Third'</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/03/24/Owning-a-Cat-Cuts-Stroke-Risk-By-Third.aspx#124550</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:11:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:124550</guid><dc:creator>Robubba</dc:creator><description>Cat lovers are in denial! You may love them, but they do NOT love you back!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This of course is a joke. As I did not mean to offend anyone. This is a joke, because everyone already knows that my cat rules, and your cats stink.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=124550" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Owning a Cat 'Cuts Stroke Risk By Third'</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/03/24/Owning-a-Cat-Cuts-Stroke-Risk-By-Third.aspx#124547</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:59:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:124547</guid><dc:creator>miketheday</dc:creator><description>Hey! I like the kitty cats, but what about us doggie folks out here?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our little Bernie is the light of our lives (yes, even more than the kids, he doesn't ask for money from us)&amp;nbsp; :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it's cats only, Bernie is gonna be gruff puppy.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=124547" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Owning a Cat 'Cuts Stroke Risk By Third'</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/03/24/Owning-a-Cat-Cuts-Stroke-Risk-By-Third.aspx#124546</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:05:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:124546</guid><dc:creator>New to Natural</dc:creator><description>Depending on how well an animal is house trained would &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to be a factor as well!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; :-)&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=124546" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Owning a Cat 'Cuts Stroke Risk By Third'</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/03/24/Owning-a-Cat-Cuts-Stroke-Risk-By-Third.aspx#124545</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:29:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:124545</guid><dc:creator>JWRM42</dc:creator><description>I am allergic to cats. I&amp;nbsp;hope dogs lower your risk by some too! My little toy poodle!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;42&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=124545" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Owning a Cat 'Cuts Stroke Risk By Third'</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/03/24/Owning-a-Cat-Cuts-Stroke-Risk-By-Third.aspx#124544</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:40:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:124544</guid><dc:creator>Islander</dc:creator><description>Cats think humans are warm-blooded furniture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=124544" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Owning a Cat 'Cuts Stroke Risk By Third'</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/03/24/Owning-a-Cat-Cuts-Stroke-Risk-By-Third.aspx#124542</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:26:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:124542</guid><dc:creator>Reesacat</dc:creator><description>Silly scientists-of course we are good for your hearts!&lt;img alt="Cat Emoticons" src="http://www.addemoticons.com/emoticon/cat/AddEmoticons00916.gif" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=124542" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Owning a Cat 'Cuts Stroke Risk By Third'</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/03/24/Owning-a-Cat-Cuts-Stroke-Risk-By-Third.aspx#124541</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:40:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:124541</guid><dc:creator>mmc88121</dc:creator><description>The type of person who owns a cat is usually already stress free and low risk of heart disease.&amp;nbsp; So do they own cats because of low stress, or do cats lower their stress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=124541" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Owning a Cat 'Cuts Stroke Risk By Third'</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/03/24/Owning-a-Cat-Cuts-Stroke-Risk-By-Third.aspx#124535</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:46:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:124535</guid><dc:creator>Aaltrude</dc:creator><description>I suspect the figure for dog owners would be similar to that of cat owners. This is not new I have seen reports of similar studies before only they usually include cat and dog owners.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=124535" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>