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Friday, August 5, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Do Pets Boost Health and Happiness? | Psych Central News
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on August 3, 2011
In a new article in the August issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, Dr. Harold Herzog argues that existing research on pet ownership has produced very conflicting results. While some studies suggest that owning a pet is associated with positive health outcomes like reduced rates of depression or lower blood pressure, other studies suggest that pet owners are no better off, and may even be worse off in some ways, than people who don?t own pets.
The reason for these inconsistencies, said Herzog, is that studies on pet ownership often suffer from methodological problems, such as small, homogeneous samples, lack of appropriate control groups, and reliance on self-report to measure participants? health and well-being.
Furthermore, very few studies have used the kind of experimental design necessary to show that pets actually cause improvements in their owner?s health and happiness.
Herzog is quick to point out that he himself is a pet owner and pet lover. ?I?m not trying to denigrate the role of animals in human life, I?m trying to do just the opposite,? he said.
?It?s entirely plausible that our pets really do provide medical and psychological benefits, but we just don?t know how strong that effect is, what types of people it works for, and what the underlying biological and psychological mechanisms might be.?
The value of pets as psychological companions has led to a blurring between what we consider companion animals and what we consider therapeutic or service animals.
Herzog notes that the Americans with Disabilities Act had to be revised recently in order to clarify the fact that only trained dogs and miniature horses that fulfill a specific service function could legally qualify as service animals.
In order to truly understand the effects that pets have on our lives, Herzog said we need more rigorous research.
Humans have valued animal companionship since the beginning of civilization. Experts agree that research on human-animal relationships is important because it ?offers a window into really big issues in human psychology? and can help to shed light on many of our cultural and ethical practices.
On a more practical level, it?s clear that pets can serve a therapeutic function in certain situations ? the issue is figuring out which ones. ?Let?s say it turns out that some kids with autism benefit from interacting with animals ? wouldn?t it be great to be able to know which kids are going to benefit and which aren?t?? he said.
Herzog points out that the scientific community is starting to take these issues seriously.
In 2008, the National Institutes of Health began a program to fund studies that examine the medical and psychological benefits of pets on children. Herzog is encouraged that psychological scientists are really becoming involved in this research.
?I think in five years we?re going to have some answers to our questions,? he said.
Source: Association for Psychological Science
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Source: http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/08/03/do-pets-boost-health-and-happiness/28317.html
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Police: Dad sleeps, lets son, 8, drive on I-12
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. ?? A Missississippi man let his 8-year-old son drive on Interstate 12 while he slept, Louisiana State Police reported Saturday.
State police said they received a call shortly after 6:30 a.m. Saturday about a green Chevrolet pickup truck driving erratically on the interstate in Livingston Parish. The caller told police that a child appeared to be the driver of the pickup.
Troopers stopped the vehicle, and they said a boy was driving the truck while his father, Billy Joe Madden, 28, of Hattiesburg, Miss., slept in the passenger seat.
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Police said that Madden's 4-year-old daughter was riding in the backseat.
After interviewing Madden, troopers said they determined that he was intoxicated and fell asleep while his son drove from Hattiesburg en route toward Dallas.
State police said they arrested Madden and charged him with two counts of child desertion, parent allowing a minor to drive, open container and two counts of no child restraint and no seat belt.
According to troopers, the two children were not injured, and they were turned over to he state Child Protective Services waiting for a family member to pick them up.
Madden was booked into the Livingston Parish Jail, and his bond was set at $1,474, police said.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Container Gardening Tips For Beginners | Home and Family | Pets ...
Posted on | July 31, 2011 | No Comments
Accentuate the welcoming look of a deck or patio with potted flowers in bright colors and annuals. Fill your window boxes with flowering plants or fragrant climbing roses of different colors. Container gardens is a natural sanctuary in the street next to the city, along the roofs and terraces. Pots can be placed close to each other than plants in a sort of an agreement on the bed, so beautiful gardens can flourish even in Itsy Bitsy-spots.
Search for variety and to harmonize the colors, different sizes and quality. The most commonly be included in the plants you choose, the more combinations you can do during the renovation of its outdoor space. Select a range of selection with different flowering cycles for the growing season to abound.
There are many creative ways to store and to search for container gardening. Even if you can not use recycled paper in porcelain bowls, but the simple concept of plants in pots or urns in addition to other things, offers a new perspective on gardening container.
With containers, you can watch your favorite shade almost anywhere. Sets of stairs in the front doors could also be used to welcome visitors. The correct use of pots and imaginative can really help to evoke the warmth and organized. Just read on the right combination and placement of pots to maximize your efforts with your container gardening Feat.
If you have a huge house for a nice entrance and a lot of space, flower pots, which are placed randomly in one part of the front door, usually looks better than putting two pots that are the same model and size on both sides. Compared with perennials, pots adds aesthetic value, when an odd number instead of the same. One-pot is often the perfect place to look good. But one of the pot next to the plate, the same size or not, and will damage the installation. Add one third of the pot, and creates its beauty again. Three vessels with the same or in pots, which are not the same design has a mystical beauty to them. It is a mystery, with the odd numbers are pleasing to the eye available. This is something so wonderful.
It takes just a few creative minds who are determined to make the best use of pots, plants and an easy place to get the best container garden. Some love and looking to add a pleasant scenario, inevitable enough to attract friends and some familiar faces.
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Luden's Cough Drops Review ? Here and There ? Family, Travel ...
As I tucked the box of Luden?s I had just received into my purse, I felt like a kid again in the candy store.
Growing up in the shadow of WWII, common sense and prevention not doctors and prescriptions was the prevalent thought on colds. Let?s face it. Colds cannot be cured even if their complications, ex. pneumonia, can.
Whenever I caught a cold (funny thing though is I can never remember chasing one), my mother dictated stay in bed and rest (BORING) and drink plenty of fluids. Long ago Chaucer wrote, ?Feed a cold and die of fever,? and so because of the wisdom of the ages.
It was chicken soup, jello, and tea for me along with regular doses of aspirin (forty years later diagnoses of Reyes Syndrome would make this OTC drug verbotten for children). Ample tissues solved the problem of my runny nose but not my throat. Boy, how it hurt even long after the cold was gone!
You see I liked cherry cough drops so much I crunched them like candy ? not surprising since confectioner William H. Luden first made them in 1879. I trust them for TLC (Trusted Luden?s Care) even now that I ain?t a kid anymore.
Luden?s cough drops are an over the counter health care demulcent. Their pectin ingredient works to coat a dry, scratchy throat and sooth it by relieving swelling and irritation. At $.99 for a 14 drop box or $1.79 for an individually wrapped bag of 30, next time you have a sore throat, just drop a Luden?s in your mouth. How sweet it is! Bet you feel better already. For more information about this product, check ludens.com online.
The product(s) featured in this review was provided free of cost to me for the sole purpose of product testing and review. This review has not been monetarily compensated and is based on the views and opinions of my family and/or self. Please note that the opinions reflected in this post have not been influenced by the sponsor in any way.
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