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 ...

Perhaps by reducing anxiety, a service dog can help reduce seizures in people with tough-to-treat epilepsy, a new study finds. A group of 25 study participants had an average 31% fewer seizures after ...

Seizures can affect humans and animals, but if that animal is a beloved family dog, it can be especially alarming. When it happens for the very first time, the episode usually triggers a whirlwind of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Alyssa Howes was 4, she lost her sight and started having seizures — up to 20 a day. For years, her grandmother stayed in the girl’s room at night, watching for an attack. That ...

After learning that her dog was diagnosed with epilepsy in August, Nicola Boyd decided to set up a camera in the house to capture any moment her dog might have a seizure while she wasn't at home. The ...

It was back in the early 1990s that people who studied dogs were surprised by a number of reports about dogs like Harley, a golden retriever owned by Victoria Doroshenko. Victoria has epilepsy, and ...

Dear Dr. Fox: I have a 4-year-old male beagle. Our vet put him on Phenobarbital for seizures, twice a day for the rest of his life. His seizures happen about three to four times a year. Unfortunately, ...

Dogs at metro Atlanta's Canine Assistants are inspiring research into a device that can alert to oncoming epileptic seizures. Researchers looked at how dogs were able to smell oncoming seizures to ...

RAEFORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A two-year old boy battling epilepsy and a viral brain disease is in need of a potentially life-saving service dog. His name is Tucker Forster, he loves superheroes, and he's ...

POWELL — Epilepsy forced Susan Rand to live a secluded life. For years, she rarely went to a public place alone. "I would never go to the grocery store by myself. I would never wander away from my ...