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Pets and Health: Expensive, And Not Necessarily Beneficial


In the last few years, there’s been a proliferation of warm, fuzzy studies telling us about the health benefits of cats and dogs, but an article in yesterday’s New York Times, “Fido’s No Doctor. Neither is Whiskers.,” gave a reality check about just how much we should expect from our pets. Hal Herzog, a psychology professor at the University of North Carolina, explained that for all the research touting the health benefits of pets, there’s nearly as much that indicates they don’t. The problem, he says, is that researchers haven’t delved into how we actually interact with pets. … More »

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Pets and Health: Expensive, And Not Necessarily Beneficial