Collected Item: “The Power of Pets: Health Benefits of Human-Animal Interactions”
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The Power of Pets: Health Benefits of Human-Animal Interactions
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text story
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This story shares how pets help people with their mental health in a variety of ways. Pets were vital in helping people with their mental and physical health during the pandemic. This article, while written pre-pandemic, shows the different ways in which pets are beneficial.
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Pandemic Pets, mental health, cortisol, blood pressure, mood, loneliness, dog, ADHD, diabetes, fish, stress
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https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2018/02/power-pets
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NIH
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2018-02