Our pets can now live much longer lives, yet they face an increased risk of cognitive decline similar to human dementia as they grow older. In canines, the disorder is called cognitive dysfunction ...

Source: Jackal of all trades licensed CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Just as in the case of humans, mental abilities and cognitive functions grow weaker in aging dogs. The principal signs of this mental decline ...

Dogs are like family. They’re always there, wagging their tails when we come home, curling up next to us when we’re feeling down, and somehow managing to make every single day better. But as they get ...

Dogs can be going through a ruff time, too. Studies have shown a dog’s brain is similar to that of a human’s, and in the 1980s, Dr. Nicholas Dodman of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts ...

Dr. Gene Pavlovsky, chief of staff at the Dr. John A. Coyne South Clinic at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana. Dr. Gene Pavlovsky, chief of staff at the Dr. John A.