Who Needs Drugs When Dogs Are Available?
Fascinating research has shown that adults recovering from common—and notably painful—surgery fare far better when animal assisted therapy is prescribed, rather than dangerous amounts of addictive narcotic painkillers. In fact, according to research presented at the First Human Animal Interaction Conference (HAI) in Kansas City, Missouri, US, in 2009, patients who engaged in “animal-assisted therapy” managed to recover from total-joint replacement surgery using 50% fewer opio