New research shows that a dog’s emotional outlook—like optimism—can enhance scent detection accuracy in medical training ...

A new study into medical detection dogs — which use their scent detection abilities to detect diseases or assist individuals with chronic health conditions — reveals that dogs displaying more ...

A new, exploratory study has revealed statistical links between the performance of medical detection dogs and their scores on behavioral and affective ...

A new, exploratory study has revealed statistical links between the performance of medical detection dogs and their scores on behavioral and affective tests, finding that more “optimistic ...

A dog that helped detect her owner’s cancer has been celebrated by a national retailer for her ‘lifesaving’ actions.

I have always thought that he was just a dog being a dog, but today, from the frontiers of veterinary science, comes the news ...

The ultimate goal is a skin-swab test that could spot Parkinson’s years before symptoms appear. Early trials, funded by the ...

Artie, a Miniature Cavapoo from Sheffield, has been given an award after she helped save her mom’s life by detecting her stage 2 breast cancer. The heroic pup, who lives in Sheffield, England ...