Cats as healers

Cats as healers


Just when you thought felines couldn’t be finer, new research shows that your purring companion can actually boost your health.

Cat companionship lowers stress, helping you fight everything from heart disease to depression. Just hearing your cat purr can lower your blood pressure. And nobody enjoys a nap like a cat, which could prompt you to catch some extra winks and ratchet up your productivity.

We’d do well to follow our furry friends’ example. Cats are serenely content in the present moment, but they can also plot and take swift action to accomplish a task. And even the fussiest of felines occasionally goes wild with excitement, demonstrating the joys of letting go.

Finally, no matter what kind of day you’ve had, your faithful feline is there to greet you. That alone is the cat’s meow.

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