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Owning a Pet Monitors Blood Sugar Levels
Call it a gift or simply intuition, but pets actually change their behavior when their diabetic owner’s blood sugar level drops. Science tries to explain this transition as a reaction to the chemical changes in the owner’s body.
The American Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Forecast magazine ran a story in 2008 about service dogs who accompany patients with unstable blood glucose levels. The story outlines how useful canine companions have been to diabetics in avoiding hypoglycemia.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Health Benefits of Pets)Loyola Medicine (Animal Therapy Reduces Need For Pain Medication After Joint-Replacement Surgery)Diabetes Forecast (Could a Dog Save Your Life?)Related Search Topics (Ads)
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