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 ...

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 ...

An international research team from the fields of veterinary medicine and genetics has developed a new survey tool to advance canine epilepsy diagnosis and research. Epilepsy and dyskinesia are canine ...

Pet owners who have witnessed a dog or cat having a seizure know how frightening it can be. Veterinarian Dr. Rebekah Hartfield says understanding what a seizure looks like and knowing how to respond ...

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 ...

When Yogi, a French Bulldog had a dangerous seizure at home, help didn’t come from a human, but from his unlikely hero: Reggie, his Boxer fursibling. With no one else around, Reggie stepped up in the ...

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 ...

The story of how an East Dundee teenager’s adoption of a shelter dog helped keep her debilitating seizures in check earned Anderson Humane a $25,000 prize from Petco Love on Monday. Alanna Law, a ...

MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – A Connecticut couple says one of their dogs is only alive because of the actions of their other dog. In surveillance video Sarah McCardle posted on Facebook, it may look like ...