Research Says Dogs Really Can Be Medicinal

ER patients who spent time with canines reported less pain.

It seems like we’ve always got good news when it comes to canines and that’s definitely true for today as a new study found dogs are medicinal. The lead on the study says canines can motivate and get us moving by creating routines. They also asked more than 200 patients in the ER to report their level of pain on a scale from 1 to 10. One group had no intervention for their pain, while another were given 10 minutes of time with a therapy dog. The patients who spent time with the animal reported less pain.