Do Companion Animals Help Us Live Longer?

Few bonds are greater than those between people and their pets.

And while animals can serve as a vector of potentially serious pathogens, recent research points to many disease-protective effects associated with growing up around animals or having companion animals as an adult.

Aside from the obvious benefits conferred by service dogs and therapy animals, how can animals benefit our health?

Pets and Heart Health

A study prompted by the recent American Heart Association statement that “There are scant data on pet ownership and survival in people without established cardiovascular disease (CVD),” led an investigation by Georgia Southern University researchers of 3,964 men and …read more