Adjunctive use of therapy dogs in standard child-life therapy is tied to a modest but significantly greater reduction in both child-reported and parental-reported child anxiety in the pediatric ...

Dancing not only lifts our spirits, but also plays a significant role in effectively managing stress, strengthening ...

A study reveals the mutual benefit of human-dog interaction as not only the human's stress levels drop but also the dog's.

Anxiety is common among children visiting the ED, particularly when care involves painful or frightening processes such as blood draws or intravenous access, the authors wrote. Approximately 15% of ...

The Human Animal bond Research Institute (HABRI) and Pet Partners today announced the publication of an important study showing significant reductions in child and parental anxiety and the reduced ...

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

Playing with a dog is good for both human and pooch People and dogs both showed physical signs of stress relief after a 15-minute interaction The dogs weren’t trained to be therapy pets, but the ...

A new study finds that nature-based childcare reduces gastrointestinal symptoms, stress markers, and improves gut microbiota diversity in young children.

Stressed students who interacted with a friendly dog reported less stress, had a reduced heart rate and had lower levels of ...

If you experience chronic stress and exhaustion that's affecting your daily life, it may be a sign that you could have a cortisol imbalance. Both high and low levels of cortisol -- also ...

Spending just 15 minutes playing with a dog can help lower stress levels for university students, research reveals. Many ...