Benefits of keeping pets

The researchers found that the United States before the pet can significantly reduce the risk of cancer, according to nearly a month a series of research findings, accompanied pets can improve cardiovascular function, and enhance human immunity, really a lot of benefits. A long time, there is a saying that good pet health. This month, in support of this argument is new evidence that did not wear layer. Published in "Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention" magazine on the latest study found that pets can suffer from side accompanied by a relatively common form of cancer - non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, nearly one-third of the risk reduction. Engaged in the relationship between people and pets research psychologist Dr. Nicholas said: "The beneficial to the health of pets that can be traced back more than 20 years ago."

We can not be attributed to the health improvement of all the regular. Mike Nichols, said a study showed people who pet the heart of a more healthy, "and the body can recover after a heart attack, an important reason for this is that pets in their side together here not only means a pet dog. The law of the same apply to cats. "Following is the researchers found that pet benefit several aspects of our health.

Stanford University and the University of California researchers have jointly implemented this month, a study found that regular exposure to cat or a dog's environment, may reduce a person suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risk. The researchers believe that exposure to cats and dogs and other pet allergens could enhance their immunity. Mike Nicholas of the pet to enhance human immunity, conducted a survey said. In 2002, her 256 primary school students conducted a survey and found in the family pet, the age of 5 to 7-year-old children between the attendance than those without the family pet with children ages three weeks.

Mike Nicholas said: "We found that with the pets with the growth of children, their immune system more stable. In addition, there are a number of other studies have shown that students in custody, such as pet cats and dogs in the family of children, suffering from asthma in the possibility of a smaller . moderately exposed to allergens will enhance human immunity. "At the same time, a study by Japanese scientists found that more than 65 years of age do not pet the elderly compared with the age of the elderly pet number of doctor than they are low by nearly a third.

Prince said the pet very useful especially for children: "The role of pets may be like therapists, the children can talk to them as is the object. If they are being bullied at school, or divorced parents are downtown, you can to all kinds of pets to talk to about our feelings, but under normal circumstances, they will not be talking about these things to others. "

Charitable organizations "pet therapists" 25-year history, with 4000 dogs and 106 cats a week, for hospitals, nursing homes, shelters, day care centers and schools for 12 million people to provide professional services. The person in charge of charitable organizations said: "We will be holding a dog to enter nursing homes, because elderly people entering nursing homes when forced to abandon their pets. Lost pets with them feelings of depression, many of the elderly is also sick . in a nursing home, a lady said, we came here with a pet to visit her, is an important pillar of life. "