Diabetic alert dogs can even sniff out changes in the blood that occur when blood sugars becomes too low or too high. In a Quora thread posing the question 'does cancer have an odor?', more than ...

"The bowel cancer study is new to us, but detection is not. "The dogs are showing signs of being able to detect the odor of bowel cancer, but we haven’t done the double-blind testing that will ...

“It has been shown that dogs can detect illnesses, such as diabetes or cancer in people, as well as smell explosives and drugs at trace levels,” says Dr MacMillan. Because of their incredible ...

“If this works, we can roll it out rapidly.” Working on the assumption that breast cancer cells have a distinguishing smell that sensitive dog noses will pick up, the team collected samples ...

Looking back, she believes Mochi’s keen sense of smell was the reason her cancer was detected in time. “We really underestimate how smart [dogs] are just because they don’t talk and they can ...

Dogs smell like corn chips because of the bacteria and yeast that make up their microbiomes. Owners can mitigate the smell by bathing dogs more regularly and practicing fold care. A strong ...

In honor of National Corn Chip Day on January 29, veterinarian Dr. Audrey Wystrach explains why a dog's paws can smell like corn chips Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Having heard anecdotal stories of dogs detecting their owner’s cancer by scent alone, she was disquieted by the attention. Cockapoos are a mix between a poodle and a cocker spaniel, two breeds known ...