{"id":507524,"date":"2026-06-19T07:11:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507524\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:11:26","slug":"do-pets-really-reduce-stress-a-new-study-has-found-they-dont-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507524\/","title":{"rendered":"Do pets really reduce stress? A new study has found they don\u2019t &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxOcHFDOVllYnplemx1MHNVenZUdG0xREVoWTdGeGI4UDFmeTloeUxhNTlBR25sUWI3aVB1cG1MYkNXV3ZFaEhWQ1B5OGJGc3RqZ3ZHRTBNVHIwendjVFh3SXNwZ1JIT0JCTG40RWJ0ZHRHZm9KOWJZTGp6NmFNdU1KRWpyV3JrT2lpdlB1Q1RyZnR3QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Do pets really reduce stress? A new study has found they don\u2019t<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPN280cFpvS21ESzBoNWRnWXQ5UW1ZdGpETFFoNENLR1VRYzlvUGM4cllTMWxkQ0J1dXk0NTZHU21uSXM5czN5Z1BWeGx3dHZNR1g0VTJEdFVfUFJKN1JMSWV4ZzBkanY4b3Jvdmpwc0o4Q3V6MjNDY2RVRHZLWVdObmxqXzZ5OE4wRUl0eTliT3lMM3hDSGxz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Feeling low? Your cat might not be the comfort you think, study suggests<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNRlNPUDBhdXEzT01UNmJvYmlrdzJKRjkwaS1JelBSLXRqMzBDZFFfQXF6TlhDNk1HeUZLQnFNbG9mZFBIaEZRMzlNblMxMVB4Rk55TEhIZC11U1VGMDNscFdiazFTTjlXRmZIaGZSbGNVQW1WcDVSeUVBcC1oUG5nUmZ6Zll6UzZFTHJRR2J0UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New study challenges view that pets help us deal with stress<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;inkl<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPX3dBZnBVSlNqQXpHeXI3ZnB6Y0ZObjAyM2d4N0R2aTByeTVXOXpYaVQ3eXpvSHBveFdWdTVOdGNLQ2pxei1fNDhPeHVyd1lqeGJjZG1aZ3ZnaUFNTnNvZjZxRkMzVGhVTkZQWWU4cGJTSkdmTjJoNHBDOG9FQ2Q5ZFNlREYtTXNUZ29hdnprTzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Your Cat May Not Ease Stress The Way You Think, Study Finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ScienceAlert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Do pets really reduce stress? A new study has found they don\u2019t&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentFeeling low? Your cat might not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[103,61,60,410,411],"class_list":["post-507524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}