Their sensitive noses can detect an impending seizure, sniff out signs of Covid and even expose cancer. Now, scientists have ...
Dogs could soon sniff out an oncoming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) flashback after a pair of pooches were trained to smell stress on survivors’ breath. A pilot study has shown that our ...
Bravehound helps veterans who have conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. The charity, based in Bishopton in the west of Scotland, pairs ex-servicemen with dogs. Johnathon Wilson, who ...
DEAR DOCTORS: My brother was just diagnosed with PTSD. I would like to know more about that. A guy in his veterans' support group who got a therapy dog says it's helping him feel better.
One case report describes how a 75-year-old man visited a doctor after his dog licked persistently at a lesion behind the man ...
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They say they are a man's best friends. Always by our side and always there to greet us the second we enter our homes. But ...
A Scottish man with PTSD said receiving an assistance dog from a veteran's charity "totally changed" his life – and he is calling for volunteers to help more people like him. Sean McKinnon ...
A dog owner wants "everyone to know" that dogs wearing yellow harnesses, leashes or ribbons need space from people and other pets. 20 March is the awareness day for #DogsInYellow, which alerts ...