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Monday, November 20, 2017

Dog

Science Daily: Dog ownership linked to lower mortality rate
summary - A team of scientists have used national registries of more than 3.4 million Swedes aged 40 to 80 to study the association between dog ownership and cardiovascular health. Their study shows that dog owners had a lower risk of death due to cardiovascular disease or to other causes during the 12-year follow-up.

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

All that dog walking.

Jim Sande said...

You know I had that same thought, but it's also about the loneliness. Dogs are great company.