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 ...

A remarkable story unfolded at a Virginia adoption event, capturing the hearts of animal lovers nationwide. Sienna, a four-year-old Lab-pit bull mix, was among the many shelter dogs seeking a forever ...

Last night, our three-year-old Shepherd X was in the middle of what looked like a seizure at 1:30 am. He thrashed around and was clearly disoriented. He also peed and drooled a lot. It lasted for ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a French bulldog had a seizure recently with no one home, it was up to the family’s other dog to save the day — and he ...

For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, having a dog companion trained in detecting seizures and other epilepsy-related tasks may reduce the amount of seizures they have, according to new research ...

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 ...

Paul Griffin and Suzanne Levin hope going to restaurants and stores with their son, Jake Griffin, will become morehassle-free, now that Gov. Martin O?Malley has signed a new law that will permit ...

A 4-year-old shelter dog credited with recognizing a man's seizures has been adopted, finding a forever home with Shannon Sweeney and her family. Sweeney adopted Sienna, a Lab and pit bull mix, into ...

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 ...

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.