Health Benefits of Pet Ownership WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Health Benefits of Pet Ownership and compiled helpful research notes below.

  1. Delta Society: Health Benefits of Animals deltasociety.org - Health Benefits of Animals
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Benefits of Pets cdc.gov - Health Benefits of Pets
  3. American Heart Association: Pet Ownership, but Not ACE Inhibitor Therapy, Blunts Home Blood Pressure Responses to Mental Stress hyper.ahajournals.org - Pet Ownership, but Not ACE Inhibitor Therapy, Blunts Home Blood Pressure Responses to Mental Stress
  4. National Institutes of Health: The Health Benefits of Pets consensus.nih.gov - The Health Benefits of Pets
  5. About.com: How Owning a Dog or Cat Can Reduce Stress stress.about.com - How Owning a Dog or Cat Can Reduce Stress
  6. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Animals and Your Health: The Benefits of Pet Ownership | Dogs as Disease Detectors upmc.com - Dogs as Disease Detectors
  7. PubMed: Articles on Health Benefits of Pets ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - Articles on Health Benefits of Pets
  8. BMJ: Pet ownership and human health: a brief review of evidence and issues bmj.bmjjournals.com - Pet ownership and human health: a brief review of evidence and issues
  9. Wikipedia: Effects of pets on their caregiver's health en.wikipedia.org - Effects of pets on their caregiver's health
  10. Second Chance for Animals: Benefits of Pet Ownership: Did you know that living with a pet is good for you? secondchanceforanimals.org - Benefits of Pet Ownership: Did you know that living with a pet is good for you?


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Pet owners already know their pets make them feel better, but most don't know that studies show that pets literally make their owners healthier. Pets reduce stress, improve mood, encourage exercise, and control blood pressure better than drugs.

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