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Mar 24, 2026 53 min

How Pets Affect Your Health

from How to Health Hosted by Dr. Scott Lear, Christine Henderson

Roughly half of households worldwide own a pet. And pet ownership continues to climb. There's a lot written to say pets make you healthier, but is that really the case? In this episode we discuss whether pets make people healthy, what are the down sides of owning a pet and the biology behind how your pet affects you.

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