We humans share a lot of similarities with dogs, such as personal preferences, social behaviors, facial expressions, and 80 percent of our DNA. We also have many diseases in common, including epilepsy ...

Seizure alert dogs are working partners trained to notice subtle shifts in scent, movement, or behavior that often happen minutes before a seizure. That warning can give someone time to sit down, take ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A visit to the vet for a ...

When Yogi, a French Bulldog had a dangerous seizure at home, help didn’t come from a human, but from his unlikely hero: Reggie, his Boxer fursibling. With no one else around, Reggie stepped up in the ...

Working with medically trained service dogs is associated with a 31% reduction in seizures compared with usual care in treatment-resistant epilepsy, a new study showed. Investigators speculate that ...

A routine pet adoption event at a Virginia church took an extraordinary turn when one of the foster dogs instinctively reacted to an oncoming medical crisis in a stranger — and in doing so, rescued ...

At a recent adoption event, Sienna - a 3-year-old lab and pit bull mix - made a beeline for a man she’d never met and gently placed her paw on his leg. “She saw him, and she started pulling on the ...