Dogs are good for you!
The dogs that we now keep as pets are descendants of wolves that
entered villages in search of food about 12,000 years ago. Later, people began
to use dogs to guard, herd and hunt. Recently Dr. Deborah wells, a senior
lecturer at the canine behavior centre of queen’s university, Belfast, found
that dog owners have lower cholesterol and blood pressure, fewer minor physical
ailments, and are less likely to develop serious medical problems. she says
that dogs can directly promote our well being by buffering us from stress, one
of the major risk factors associated with ill health. the ownership of a dog
can also lead to increase in physical activity and facilitate the development
of social contact, which may enhance human health in a more indirect manner.
She found that dogs could also act as ’early warning systems for more serious
illnesses including epilepsy and cancer.
[the research, published in the health
psychology journal];
DAILY telegraph, 22 January 2007.
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