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How Our Pets Keep Us Healthy

Whether it's a lizard, bird, dog or cat – our pets offer enormous health benefits.

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WHAT: Whether it’s a lizard, bird, dog or cat – our pets offer enormous health benefits. In this FREE online presentation, Diana Zuckerman, PhD, Director of the Center for Health Research, discusses the very real physiological effects that our animal friends have on us. For example, pet companionship can help reduce blood pressure, decrease anxiety and increase emotional stability and sharpness.

Sponsored by The Friends of South Shore Health, this class is free!

WHEN: Thursday, December 2, 2021; 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

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To register, call 781-624-8520 or email cmoore@southshorehealth.org

The Zoom invite for this presentation will be sent to registrants via email.

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