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Time to Go With the Dogs

December 7, 2017 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Dogs Can Help You Live – and Live Longer Can living with a dog improve your life?  It certainly appears canine companionship might extend it. The results come from a Swedish study at Uppsala University which used the longstanding public health advantages of that country.  All the Swedish population between the ages of 40-80 were surveyed.  Out of those […]

Noisy Anxiety

July 2, 2016 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Anxiety is all around us, the air noisily electric with it.  The environment is filling with noxious sound. And an era stuffed with massacres of the innocents does not induce calm.  So it’s instructive to see how one major sense – hearing – affects our ability to rest and self-soothe.  And to see how we do it, […]

Going to the dogs – for your health (1/11/12)

January 11, 2012 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Who Lives, Who Dies My internist cousin says he knows who will live and die among his older patients:  those who own dogs. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) provisionally agrees. They believe the data show that dog (and cat) ownership can lower: Blood pressure Feelings of loneliness Cholesterol and triglyceride levels While increasing – […]

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