Rx for Less Stress: Pet the Pet

By John Swartzberg, M.D., Chair, Wellness Letter Editorial Board

January 1, 2020

Last Reviewed: October 2021

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A growing body of research suggests that having a pet can help make people healthier. For example, in a 2017 study in Scientific Reports that followed more than 3 million Swedes for over a decade, dog owners were less likely to die from cardiovascular disease (or any other cause) than non-dog owners. And a 2019 […]
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