The dog who made a miracle happen
Tuesday, Nov 29th, 2022 | By Dr. Marty Becker
Imagine being a 5-year-old type 1 diabetic or her exhausted parents. What would it be like to be a 19-year-old college student struggling to develop independence when your health, and […]
Read more »Study: Dogs reduce stress in children
Thursday, Jul 7th, 2022 | By Dr. Marty Becker
Kids and dogs go together like peanut butter and chocolate, and a study published last month in the journal PLOS One shows that their connection has real benefits. Researchers found […]
Read more »Watching animal videos is good for your health
Wednesday, Oct 28th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker
Watching animal videos is good for the heart and soul, according to researchers at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. They found that heart rates dropped in participants […]
Read more »In times of sinking sands, we reach for our pets
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker
Unless you went through the Spanish Flu of 1918 and the Great Depression of 1929, you wouldn’t really know what we’re going through now as a community, county, country, continent, […]
Read more »Quixote: Our long goodbye after a life full of love
Monday, Nov 18th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker
2002 was a sentinel year in our lives. My beloved wife, Teresa, had lost her dad and my best friend, Jim Burkholder, after a brief battle with lung cancer. Teresa’s […]
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