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Perhaps the cat's fur and allergens are causing the death in the already weakened respiratory system of these patients? I smell a malpractice suit.

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im calling bs on this. Probably someone who is fanatical about their cat, and proposed it to the papers who picked it up, maybe it happened 2-5 times then it turned into 25 blah blah blah.

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im calling bs on this. Probably someone who is fanatical about their cat, and proposed it to the papers who picked it up, maybe it happened 2-5 times then it turned into 25 blah blah blah.
Not exactly: (from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959718/?GT1=10150)“He doesn’t make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die,” said Dr. David Dosa in an interview. He describes the phenomenon in a poignant essay in Thursday’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine."The 2-year-old feline was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a third-floor dementia unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The facility treats people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses.After about six months, the staff noticed Oscar would make his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses. He’d sniff and observe patients, then sit beside people who would wind up dying in a few hours.
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