A trained dog can detect Clostridium difficile in stool samples and in hospital patients, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. Researchers studied a two-year-old beagle trained to ...

Dogs have proven themselves to be effective ‘physicians’ in the medical world – many trained canines are capable of detecting everything from life-threatening cancers, to drops in blood sugar and ...

It seemed like such a great idea. But at the end of the day, as they say, those dogs didn’t hunt. Or at least not well enough. New research from Toronto throws into question the notion that canines ...

In a letter to the Editor of the Journal of Hospital Infection, published by Elsevier, S. Lefebvre and J.S. Weese from the University of Guelph in Canada describe a study that investigated whether ...

A beagle helps detect dangerous bacteria at Greenville, N.C.-based Vidant Medical Center, according to NBC affiliate WITN. Harley the dog was trained to work with people and sniff out Clostridioides ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (NBC) Detecting dangerous bacteria can be difficult, but an unusual new helper is sniffing around to to help patients at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina. Harley ...

A Vancouver hospital is targeting C. difficile infections by deploying a detection dog to sniff out the superbug that's notorious for spreading in health facilities. Angus, a two-year-old English ...

Researchers investigated whether MRSA and C.difficile could be passed between pet therapy dogs and patients. The findings suggested that MRSA and C. difficile may have been transferred to the fur and ...

Vancouver Coastal Health is making history today with the introduction of a new aid in the battle against C-Difficile. It’s Angus, the C.difficile-sniffing dog! C.diff, or Clostridium difficile, is ...