The bond between animals and humans is not a recent development, it has been around for thousands of years. Benefits of such relationships have been documented from as far back as 1790s in England when animals were used to help mental patients. In the 1940s animals such as pigs, cattle, horses, anf poultry were used to help World War II veterans at an Army Air Corps Convalescent Hospital who had suffered mental trauma during war.
In recent days studies have been conducted on health benefits of having animal compainions. Their findings showed that pet onwers had lower blood pressure and cholesterol and those owners who had previously experienced a heart attack had an increased one-year survival rate then those without. Owning a pet also appears to have a positive effect on how people handle stress. People with pets experienced less severe spikes in blood pressure and heart rates due to stress, it even appeared to be more effective then taking medications that dilate blood vessels to lower your blood pressure.
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