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The Healing Power of Pets by Co-other of “Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul”
Dr. Marty Becker.
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Dr. Marty Becker
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From Dr. Marty Becker, co-author of the bestsellers Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Cat and Dog Lover's Soul comes a ground-breaking new book that reveals the stirring stories and medical miracles behind the healing power of pets. Pets and people have been living together for thousands of years, but as pets have moved indoors, the relationship has had extraordinary changes. In the last twenty years, medical research has increasingly proven the healing effect pets can have for the ill, the elderly, the stressed-out, and the emotionally disengaged. Research shows that people with pet companions have fewer doctor visits and recover more quickly from severe illnesses. In The Healing Power of Pets, Dr. Marty Becker, the resident vet on ABC-TV's Good Morning America, shows readers how pets can prevent, detect, treat, and sometimes cure various maladies, from arthritis to asthma, and from Alzheimer's to depression. Pets decrease cardiovascular risk factors, motivate their sedentary owners to exercise, and help people deal with chronic pain. In addition, the book offers heart-warming true stories of pets who have enriched--even saved--their owners' lives to reveal the lasting physical, emotional, and social benefits of the human-animal bond.