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Playing with dogs relieves stress in humans and canines alike, study shows

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Stressed students who interacted with a friendly dog reported less stress, had a reduced heart rate and had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their saliva, researchers said in the journal PLOS One. The experience also appears to be beneficial for dogs, researchers added

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Playing with dogs relieves stress in both humans and dogs

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Playing With Dogs Relieves Stress In Humans And Canines Alike

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Playing with dogs relieves stress in humans and canines alike, study shows

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

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Scientifically they show that playing with a dog for 15 minutes reduces the level of stress

Even if it is something that is already intuited by pure common sense, science has just shown that playing with a dog for just 15 minutes significantly reduces people's stress.A group of students who are under stress and interacted friendlyly with a dog for a short period of time experienced a reduction in that tension, a lower heart rate and lower levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) in saliva, according to the article with the conclusions o…

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