Advice for patients with CV risk factors – get a dog
Their owners tend to be healthier, Mayo Clinic study shows
No one can say if it’s the walks or the unconditional love, but there’s something about owning a dog that seems to go hand-in-hand with better heart health.
US researchers examined more than 1700 adults in the Czech Republic and found that dog owners tended to be younger, female and more likely to smoke than people with different pets or with no companion animals.
