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Dog owners have 40% less dementia risk, while cats have little impact: Japan study

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Dog owners have 40% less dementia risk, while cats have little impact: Japan study

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Animals and Pets@beehaw.org • 11 months ago

Dog owners have 40% less dementia risk, while cats have little impact: Japan study - The Mainichi

TOKYO -- Elderly people who owned dogs had a 40% lower risk of developing dementia compared to those who did not, while keeping cats had only a margin

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I didn’t see a link to the study in the article, I believe this is it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10583170/

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