Their sensitive noses can detect an impending seizure, sniff out signs of Covid and even expose cancer. Now, scientists have ...

A Canadian pilot study shows that dogs can be taught to recognize the scent of psychotrauma on the breath, opening the ...

Dear Doctors: My brother was just diagnosed with PTSD. I would like to know more about that. A guy in his veterans’ support ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The extremely sensitive olfactory sense of dogs, as a tool for detecting infections, is currently being tested in field at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport. The "corona dogs" are in duty at the airport ...

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 ...

José Romero, a 42-year-old Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, never thought that a dog could change his life. “When I left the Army, I was in pretty bad shape. I was having ...

A Canadian pilot study shows that dogs can be taught to recognize the scent of psychotrauma on the breath, opening the possibility of making post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) assistance more ...