Pets linked to health

Having cats, dogs and canaries to stay could help keep the doctor away.

Pets may one day feature in healthy heart regimes as evidence grows in support of their benefits for cardiac health, researchers say.

Animal ownership is linked with reduced risk of heart disease, lower use of GP services and reduced asthma among children. Pets may even provide better emotional and social support than humans, the researchers wrote in a British Medical Journal report.
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Of course, we knew dogs helped us health-wise... long known for their therapetic ways