Huffington Post: People's evolving relationship with their pets includes health benefits

An article in the Huffington Post's "The Future of Pets" column about how people's relationships with pets have evolved from animals that provide security or pest control to their roles as companion animals, asks what will be the place and function of pets in the future and reports that research by Karen Allen at UB found that owning a cat or dog lowered blood pressure in individuals with hypertension.