Spine-damaged canines made to heal
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Paralysed dogs given an unusual treatment for spinal cord injury have shown some success in being able to walk again, a new study reveals.
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A dog welfare charity offers aid to women who stay in violent relationships for the sake of their pets.
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A new federally funded project should help scientists learn how some animals regenerate body parts so well. They hope to apply the lessons to humans. By the Associated Press.
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A 'veggie' material made from soybean curd could repair broken bones and teeth, according to scientists.
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Dogs with paralyzed hind legs regained the ability to walk after getting a shot of a chemical cousin of antifreeze that helped repair nerve cells in their damaged spinal cords, scientists reported.
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By Anonymous  Anyone who has watched an old arthritic horse chew on willow branches-the bark of which has long been used by humans to ease pain- can attest to the instinct for any somewhat intelligent species to find in the natural world a cure for what ails them.
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Scientists have made two significant  advances in developing a stem-cell patch to repair the damage  caused to the heart after an attack.
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A dog may be a man&#39;s best friend. But for some traumatized war veterans, parrots are proving even more of a help.
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SIX dogs from the Saunderton based charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, have shown that dogs can be trained to detect bladder cancer.
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Dogs with paralysed hind legs regained the ability to walk after getting a shot of a chemical cousin of antifreeze that helped repair nerve cells in their damaged spinal cords, scientists reported.
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RICHLAND, Wash. - Leana Beasley has faith that a dog is man's best friend. Faith, a 4-year-old Rottweiler, phoned 911 when Beasley fell out of her wheelchair and barked urgently into the receiver until a dispatcher sent help. Then the service dog unlocked the front door for the police officer.
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People with ruptured disks in their lower backs usually recover whether or not they have surgery, researchers are reporting.
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Pet therapy can help improve the quality of life people with schizophrenia, research suggests.
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LYNDHURST, England, Sept. 12 -- Jake, an arthritic Labrador retriever, slept beneath an ancient oak tree in a warm September breeze. Ponies roamed untethered, children kicked pine cones along gravel forest paths, and Edith Jones stood outside her camper wondering how such a tranquil spot had become,...
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UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells.
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German physicians have pioneered a way to create and transplant bone grafts from one part of a patient&#39;s body to another. The work of Patrick H. Warnke and associates at the University of Kiel is summarized
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Stem cells from fat tissue have been used to help grow bone to repair the damaged skull of a 7-year-old German girl, according to a report in a German medical journal.