Training a service dog doesn’t just change the life of another veteran; it may help heal the trainer, too. A new study finds that volunteering with dogs could slow biological aging in female veterans ...

* Purposeful //human-animal connection may foster biological resilience Women who train service dogs may experience a slower pace of biological aging and reduced ...

Veterans who trained dogs showed an increase in telomere length, a marker of cellular aging, while a control group showed a decrease. The study highlights the potential of non-traditional, ...

Stories about male dogs being chaotic goofballs and female dogs being calmer have floated around forever. What is new is actual data backing pieces of that idea. A 2025 Dog Aging Project survey looked ...