{"id":709587,"date":"2026-06-17T13:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709587\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:41:09","slug":"do-pets-really-reduce-stress-a-new-study-has-found-they-dont-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709587\/","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\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPMFpTcTQ4Y1J0OEJtX0xWSFRxR2xrTjZ5OWRtajk5ZUFhUmxNQWpHMTJVNlhRYy0xay12bEhPQmFFbHZZNTg0aDRSWGktUGhCWEtZaWhIOTkzbzFjQ3MxcHFvRlRaamQzRVdyRlVBTF9vbnJCbWJxM29pbVAzeWZkbmM3VFYzRzRjenJHdm9CNXZzN29tdDBUZlpMaEVZa0c4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">If you\u2019re feeling down, maybe don\u2019t pet your cat, new study suggests<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPRG93MXhxSUZFcFRrb0tiZU5nMGs0VEx6VURCMFdCMTRaRU5HRS1LWTk1WFA2ZXZtdXdDRGg1X2wxdGljWWc2SDhIOTVsU2FjZlN5Y2gxSWRqZmk3M1hmRnAwUmpjZGFkbWtlWkd4a0xlRVBQS0VjWExxMWdTSC1KV1lwWGR5dXpWUWpz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why cuddling your cat might not be the perfect end to a stressful day<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE4tZ2w0V0d3YUZaNGo0MW5STTB6V1hvUFdWeGl1VUF5QjN4WmRxZHRSbm1yYnpBblZNSUwyZFR2RWVVY0RTbjJvVnVadHRVWW9lX0RiOGx6LWRKWTlxRXk2U3NIY3Axc1Y3V2htNVhOYTBUTy1hQjI2a2Jn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cuddling cats might make us feel worse when under stress<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Medical Xpress<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 IndependentIf you\u2019re feeling down, maybe don\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,259,260],"class_list":["post-709587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}