根据世界各地的研究结果分析，养宠物的人确实更长寿一些。实际上，很多地方的医疗机构有时会建议病人养宠物，并且宠物疗法在养老院和受虐儿童庇护所等地方的应用越来越普遍。有许多涉及与动物互动能延长人类寿命的理论，并且许多宠物主还有自己独特的看法。

对宠物主的调查显示养宠物的人血压水平普遍较低，并且压力也相对较少。尤其是养狗的人，身体状况明显比不养狗的人好。新西兰的研究人员还证实经常与狗一起散步可能是狗主人更健康的原因所在。

对于抑郁的人来说，宠物能提供每天早起的理由。因为许多宠物主感觉有照顾动物的责任，这也是迫使一些人摆脱抑郁和孤独感的动力。已证实宠物对老年人也有好处，尤其是在孤独环境中生活的老人。

各种体型和形状的动物被广泛用于宠物疗法。治疗师发现病人与动物在一起更快乐，并且动物还可以作为一种治疗的突破性催化剂。动物到医院，养老院和其它保健机构访问通常会受到居民和病人的热烈欢迎，并且动物也应用到监狱等地方的康复程序。与动物互动的人通过减轻心理压力，能活的时间更长更满意。

接下来给大家分享一篇CNN关于养狗好处的报道！

The benefits that come with owning a dog are clear-- physical activity, support, companionship.

养狗的好处是很明显的 - 在这个过程中身体活动、心理支持和陪伴都会增多。

Dog ownership is associated with a reduced risk for cardiovascular disease and death, finds a new Swedish study published Friday in the journal Scientific Reports.

瑞典科学家周五在《科学报告》上发布了一项新的研究，研究发现，心血管疾病和死亡的风险降低和养狗有关。

For people living alone, owning a dog can decrease their risk of death by 33% and their risk of cardiovascular related death by 36%, when compared to single individuals without a pet, according to the study. Chances of a heart attack were also found to be 11% lower.

根据研究，单身人士如果养一只狗和没有宠物的单身人士相比，其死亡风险可降低33％，心血管相关死亡风险降低36％。 心脏病发作的几率也降低了11％。

Multi-person household owners also saw benefits, though to a lesser extent. Risk of death among these dog owners fell by 11% and their chances of cardiovascular death were 15% lower. But their risk of a heart attack was not reduced by owning a dog.

尽管效果不是那么明显，但对于拥有多人家庭的狗主人也是很有好处的。这些狗主人的死亡风险下降了11％，心血管死亡的几率降低了15％。 但是，他们患心脏病的风险并没有因为有一只狗而降低。

"A very interesting finding in our study was that dog ownership was especially prominent as a protective factor in persons living alone." said Mwenya Mubanga, an author on the study and PhD student at Uppsala University.

“在我们的研究中发现一个非常有趣的事情，是否养狗对独居者的保护因素尤为突出 “乌普萨拉大学的研究和博士生的作者Mwenya Mubanga说。

As a single dog owner, an individual is the sole person walking and interacting with their pet as opposed to married couples or households with children, which may contribute to greater protection from cardiovascular disease and death, said the study.

研究发现，和已婚夫妇或有孩子的家庭的人不一样，作为一个独居的狗主人，Ta是遛狗以及和狗互动的唯一的那个人，这可能有助于这些人避开心血管疾病和死亡。

"We know that dog owners, in general, have a higher level of physical activity, which could be one explanation for the results,". This includes taking the dog out for a walk in any weather condition.

我们知道狗主人一般都有较高水平的体力活动量，这可能是对结果的一种解释。 这包括在狗主人在任何天气条件下都要去遛狗。