We humans share a lot of similarities with dogs, such as personal preferences, social behaviors, facial expressions, and 80 percent of our DNA. We also have many diseases in common, including epilepsy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dear Dr. Fox - As you have written before, red dye 40 may cause seizures in dogs. I have found that it does so in my 12-year-old Aussie mix, Petey. In addition, I have found that Petey will have a ...

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 ...