On September 7 Ronald McDonald House, located next to Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, introduced its newest boon to sick kids’ health: a four-month-old, cream-coloured Labradoodle puppy named Asha.
“She’s our new furry staff member. We call her our director of pawsitive relations,” says Kelly Knight, senior communications co-ordinator for Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta.
Showing posts with label people health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people health. Show all posts
09 September 2011
27 August 2011
Study Quesions if pets make owners healthier
Are those who promote the healthy benefits of pet ownership considering all the evidence.
Howard Herzog, a professor of psychology at Western Carolina University, says studies conducted in the past to determine whether having a pet improves health and longevity have “produced a mishmash of conflicting results.”
Moreover, Herzog says pets — which can be found in two-thirds of US households — bring with them a “cornucopia” of health problems that can be transmitted to humans such as giardia, salmonella poisoning, skin mites and worms.
Read the entire Calgary Herald article
Howard Herzog, a professor of psychology at Western Carolina University, says studies conducted in the past to determine whether having a pet improves health and longevity have “produced a mishmash of conflicting results.”
Moreover, Herzog says pets — which can be found in two-thirds of US households — bring with them a “cornucopia” of health problems that can be transmitted to humans such as giardia, salmonella poisoning, skin mites and worms.
Read the entire Calgary Herald article
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