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Daycare Good For Children's Health

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Despite all those sniffles, coughs and watery eyes, daycare may actually be good for your child's health.

A study in the British Medical Journal points to evidence that exposing children to germs in the first year of life may help lower their risk of contracting dreaded childhood diseases, including leukemia.

Leukemia occurs in children that are genetically susceptible, but then it needs to be triggered by infection.


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