# Cats prevent heart attacks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-prevent-heart-attacks/438756 "2008-02-22T18:58:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-prevent-heart-attacks/438756/1 "2008-02-22T18:58:28Z")
[Link.](http://www.sacbee.com/749/story/730732.html) Besides all their other benefits, it turns out the little darlings may be making us live longer. Thanks, girls. ---
**Author:** ![LadyMack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@LadyMack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyMack)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-prevent-heart-attacks/438756/2 "2008-02-22T19:48:04Z")
That’s odd. I’d swear that mine try to give me heart attacks. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-prevent-heart-attacks/438756/3 "2008-02-22T22:05:40Z")
and sleep deprivation. that can’t be good long-term for me. :eek: maggie the wondercat is in heat. _oh boy_, is she in heat… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-prevent-heart-attacks/438756/4 "2008-02-22T22:14:15Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Cats prevent heart attacks. [/QUOTE] My friend has cats and had two strokes. Oh, sure. You’re probably thinking, “she’d have had three strokes without cats.” I don’t believe you. Cats are evil. I know mine is. She wants me dead so she can steal my credit card and have tuna home delivered until my card runs out and then she’ll probably go take over a third world country or something. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-prevent-heart-attacks/438756/5 "2008-02-22T22:27:40Z")
[QUOTE=Scubaqueen] and sleep deprivation. that can’t be good long-term for me. :eek: maggie the wondercat is in heat. _oh boy_, is she in heat.. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] You know, I’ve heard if you take a moistened Q-tip. . . ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-prevent-heart-attacks/438756/6 "2008-02-22T23:14:03Z")
Can you give us a synopsis? The site requires registration. Oh, and Scubaqueen, you know there’s a way to prevent that, right? ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-prevent-heart-attacks/438756/7 "2008-02-22T23:19:47Z")
I’ll have to remember that. It may dull the pain a bit the next time I give my cats a flea bath and the little one (10 lbs) climbs my arm to get out of the water. ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-prevent-heart-attacks/438756/8 "2008-02-22T23:19:52Z")
I think it’s because cats prepare people. If a cat owner goes into the kitchen and a cupboard flies open and a killer jumps out, The cat owner will say, “Oh, thank goodness, I thought you were the cat.” Killers jumping out of cupboards are the leading cause of heart attacks for the catless.