Psychology & Psychiatry
Research into pet ownership during COVID
La Trobe University researchers have conducted an Australian-first survey about families with children and pets during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 1, 2022
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News tagged with pet
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Salmonella linked to pet turtles has hospitalized five, CDC says
Tiny turtles are the cause of a multistate outbreak of salmonella that has led to five hospitalizations, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Jul 22, 2022
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Introducing a protocol for using robotic pets in memory care
You might think it was a typical therapy session at a long-term care facility. In a quiet room, a therapist sets down a pet carrier, brings out a cat, and sets it on a resident's lap. As the resident gently strokes the cat's ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Dog people' may do better in lockdown
Researchers examining why dog owners living alone during COVID restrictions were less lonely think it may have to do with the type of person who owns dogs rather than having a dog itself.
Jul 19, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Human catches COVID from a cat: Why this new evidence is not cause for panic
Since the pandemic began, there have been several documented cases of humans transmitting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to their pets. But the reverse has been rarer—until recently, hamsters, mink and white-tailed ...
Jul 12, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Leaders in Alzheimer's research herald the dawn of a new era in drug development based on biology of aging
A combination of drugs will be needed to effectively treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease and leading experts say we have entered a new era of drug development that will deliver them. In an editorial published in the Journal ...
Jul 6, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New imaging technology less accurate than MRI at detecting prostate cancer, trial shows
A team of researchers in Australia and New Zealand has found that MRI scans can detect prostate cancer more accurately than the newer, prostate-specific -PSMA PET/CT scanning technique.
Jul 4, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New survey: 95% of pet parents rely on their pet for stress relief
Nearly all cat and dog owners rely on their pets for stress relief according to a new survey released by the American Heart Association, a global force for longer, healthier lives for all.
Jun 20, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Pets help AIDS survivors through two pandemics
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people turned to their pets to help them feel less lonely and isolated. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, wanted to learn what role pets played in helping ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
PSMA PET highlights need for updated prostate cancer therapy guidelines
Current guidelines used to plan salvage radiation treatments in patients with local recurrence of prostate cancer should be updated to take into consideration information derived from novel imaging modalities, such as PSMA ...
Jun 14, 2022
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