Show 1028: How Animals Can Help Us Heal

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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How can animals break through the barriers created by traumatic events and help people heal? We’ll learn about horses that interact with people with dementia, and dogs who visit patients in hospitals. Therapy Animals and Service Dogs: We’ll also find out how service dogs can improve life for people with disabilities. If you have a story […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.3	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.8	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.2	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:31.5	People love their pets, but can companion animals also help us heal?
0:36.1	What are the therapeutic roles for dogs, cats, or even horses?
0:40.4	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:48.6	For hundreds of years, animals have offered comfort for those in distress.
0:55.4	They've brought solace to people in hospitals, mental institutions, nursing homes, and prisons.
1:01.3	Veterans may find a canine companion invaluable for dealing with PTSD.
1:06.4	Can animal-assisted therapy help his anxiety, counteract loneliness for the elderly, and calm kids with ADHD?
1:15.7	Service animals can help people with disabilities live on their own.
1:20.2	Coming up on the people's pharmacy, share your story about partnering with a pet to improve health.
1:27.0	First, the News.
1:31.3	In the people's pharmacy health headlines,
1:34.3	blueberries show promise for the brain as well as the heart.
1:38.3	Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have recruited
1:41.3	47 older adults with mild cognitive impairment.
1:45.4	This makes them highly vulnerable to developing Alzheimer's disease.
1:49.6	These subjects were randomized to receive either powdered blueberries
1:52.8	equivalent to one cup of fresh berries or a look-alike placebo powder.
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