Carawou@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoTIL owning a dog was associated with a 24% lower risk of dying from ALL CAUSES over the course of 10 yearswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down19
arrow-up1314arrow-down1external-linkTIL owning a dog was associated with a 24% lower risk of dying from ALL CAUSES over the course of 10 yearswww.nytimes.comCarawou@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 hours agoYeah, as the other comment says, these are almost always correlations, not causations. Poor people are almost certainly less likely to own a dog. I’m sure the exercise helps, but I’d bet on it not being the largest factor.
Yeah, as the other comment says, these are almost always correlations, not causations. Poor people are almost certainly less likely to own a dog. I’m sure the exercise helps, but I’d bet on it not being the largest factor.