In the United States, people who want to apply for a medical alert dog typically need to identify an accredited organization, check their eligibility, fill out an application form, and attend a ...

A dog's superhero senses saved the day for a preschooler. When 5-year-old Wells Lewis was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, his mom, Aubrie, knew he'd be unable to detect his blood sugar swings for ...

“I trust him and his nose more than anything else,” a North Carolina mother tells PEOPLE of her son’s diabetic alert dog A routine preschool pickup took an unexpected turn when Aubrie Lewis noticed ...

Handlers urge lawmakers to modernize Georgia law, protect medical alert dogs, and recognize owner-trained service animals.

UK researchers have shown that in patients with type 1 diabetes who have well-trained medical alert "diabetes" dogs, the animals have greater sensitivity to changes in blood glucose than has been ...

A Wrentham family acquired a diabetic alert dog to help monitor a 9-year-old girl's Type 1 diabetes. The service dog, named Dexter, is trained to detect high or low blood sugar levels by scent. A ...

A medical diagnosis has turned everyday moments into moments of worry for one East Texas family. Their three-year-old son lives with generalized epilepsy, and they’re sharing why a seizure-alert ...