Scotland's Daily Record: Study shows having a pet can be health benefit

Release Date: May 3, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article in Scotland's Daily Record about the health benefits of having a pet reports that in 1999, UB conducted a study of 48 stockbrokers with high blood pressure, and found that when subjected to challenges designed to increase their stress, the stockbrokers with pets experienced a smaller rise in blood pressure than their pet-less counterparts.

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