Saturday, August 27, 2011

Study Quesions if pets make owners healthier

Saturday, August 27, 2011

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Are those who promote the healthy benefits of pet ownership considering all the evidence. 
Howard Herzog, a professor of psychology at Western Carolina University, says studies conducted in the past to determine whether having a pet improves health and longevity have “produced a mishmash of conflicting results.” 

Moreover, Herzog says pets — which can be found in two-thirds of US households — bring with them a “cornucopia” of health problems that can be transmitted to humans such as giardia, salmonella poisoning, skin mites and worms.

Read the entire Calgary Herald article



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