March 19, 2008

"Cat owners appear to have a much lower risk of dying from a heart attack than their feline-spurning counterparts," reports the BBC today.

"Researchers looked at nearly 4,500 adults and found that cat ownership was related to a 40% lower risk of suffering a fatal heart attack."

I couldn't read anymore than that, sadly, because my mind was suddenly clogged with violent images of me, and a big hammer, and "researchers" - undoubtably with oh-so-important university degrees (and who adore The Smiths, natch) - lashed with rusting iron chains to stone walls with their heads smashed open like recently soft-boiled eggs set upon by hallucenogenic drug-crazed Rottweilers.

If you absolutely must, it's here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7304393.stm