Playing with a dog for just 15 minutes lowers stress in college students. Their heart rates and cortisol levels drop, improving mood.

Playing with a dog for just 15 minutes can significantly reduce a person's stress, a new study reports. Stressed students who ...

The therapy dog visit also reduced the ... Many young patients in the ED have chronic medical and psychiatric conditions, and anxiety is more common and more severe in patients with these conditions.

Socially active dogs also tend to have better cognitive function as they age. Research from the University of Washington's Dog Aging Project suggests that socialisation can help slow cognitive decline ...