I had heard that dogs could smell cancer so I said to my husband, 'Brian, should I go and get this checked out?’ My dog ...

UNIVERSITY CITY (WPVI) -- Penn Vet's Working Dog center is now training a new set of dogs to detect cancer. 2-year-old Ivey is learning to use her keen sense of smell to locate one scent among ...

Dogs have a truly astonishing sense of smell that goes far beyond anything we could imagine. From picking up the scent of a potential mate miles away to uncovering an explosive, a dog's nose is always ...

Cancer cells grow rapidly and need energy to do so—they use the glucose in the blood to grow. Research in both mice and dogs has shown that this alternative therapy can significantly slow cancer's ...

Breast cancer survivor Breanna Bortner credits her dog with the early detection of her cancer. A young woman’s dog was the first to detect her deadly breast cancer. In June 2023, Breanna Bortner, then ...