A Canadian pilot study shows that dogs can be taught to recognize the scent of psychotrauma on the breath, opening the ...

Their sensitive noses can detect an impending seizure, sniff out signs of Covid and even expose cancer. Now, scientists have successfully trained two dogs to smell trauma from a person’s breath.

Researchers at Dalhousie University have discovered that assistance dogs may have the potential to detect oncoming PTSD flashbacks by sensing changes in the breath of individuals who have experienced ...

A new study shows that some service dogs can detect stress-related compounds in human breath, providing evidence that they can help individuals with PTSD manage their episodes. "Ours is the first ...

Dogs could soon sniff out an oncoming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) flashback after a pair of pooches were trained to smell stress on survivors’ breath. A pilot study has shown that our ...

May 9, 2024 — A new study shows that a mild stress is enough to trigger post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers demonstrated that the ...

Signed into law August of 2021, the PAWS Act requires the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program where veterans diagnosed with PTSD train service dogs for other ...

Objective To estimate scent dogs’ diagnostic accuracy in identification of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in comparison with reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We conducted a ...