{"id":3512,"date":"2025-10-14T14:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/spending-time-with-dogs-slows-female-ageing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:05:20","slug":"spending-time-with-dogs-slows-female-ageing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/spending-time-with-dogs-slows-female-ageing\/","title":{"rendered":"Spending time with dogs slows female ageing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-10-14 14:05:18<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Spending time with dogs could help slow ageing in women.<BR><br \/>\nScientists at Florida Atlantic University in the US found that women who spent just one hour a week training service dogs showed biological signs of slower ageing compared to those who did not.<BR><br \/>\nThe study focused on 28 female veterans aged 32 to 72, all living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Over eight weeks, half volunteered to train service dogs for other veterans, while the rest simply watched dog-training videos.<BR><br \/>\nThe researchers discovered that women who interacted directly with the pooches showed increased telomere length \u2013 a key marker of cellular ageing \u2013 suggesting improved biological resilience.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Cheryl Krause-Parello, lead author of the study, said: &#8220;Nontraditional approaches like connecting with animals can offer meaningful support.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;These relationships provide emotional safety and stability, which can be especially powerful for women.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe findings indicate that even limited time with canines may help counter the physical effects of stress and promote healthy ageing \u2014 though scientists say further research is needed to see if the same benefits apply to men.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-10-14 14:05:18 Spending time with dogs could help slow ageing in women. Scientists at Florida Atlantic University in the US found that women who spent just one hour a week&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3513,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions\/3513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}