Paralyzed Dogs Walk Again Are Humans Next?
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Researchers appear to be one step closer to finding a treatment that can reverse paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries. By injecting paralyzed dogs with polyethylene glyco, veterinarians at Purdue University
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LONDON British researchers have released a study suggesting dogs are able to smell cancer in humans. Scientists at an English hospital tested six dogs.
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LAS VEGAS - If your dog is fat, then you&#39;re probably not getting enough exercise. Researchers have found a buddy system to lose weight works, when your buddy is of the four-legged variety.
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By Connie Skipitares and Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 17--People who flock to the Los Gatos Creek Trail jog, cycle, pull dog leashes and push strollers. Now, there's something new in the mix: gliding.   As in high-tech Segways.
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Researchers are studying the spinal cord of the eel-like sea lamprey in hopes that a machine based on its structure could someday enable paralyzed people to regain control of their legs. By Karen Lurie.
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Indianapolis - Dogs with paralysed hind legs walked again 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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Even when the spine is damaged almost to paralysis, the PEG solution prevented the cells from rupturing irrevocably. &quot;Nearly 75 percent of the dogs we treated with PEG were able to resume a normal life,&quot; said Richard Borgens of Purdue.
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NEW YORK  - Man's best friend may also help keep their elderly owners healthy, but only if the dog owners regularly walk their pets, new research shows.
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BEIJING -- They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America, they search the Internet for experimental treatments _ and often land on Web sites promoting stem cell treatments in China.
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In a report published today, the respected British Medical Journal says dogs can smell cancer. The Journal said a comprehensive medical study revealed that dogs can be trained to identify bladder cancer by smelling urine.
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(CBS) Nine years ago, Christopher Reeve was left paralyzed by a riding accident, but he never gave up his fight to walk again. And his struggle impressed those who knew him.
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British scientists report that dogs can be trained to detect bladder cancer in people by smelling their urine. The animals&#39; exceptional sense of smell can distinguish the odor of compounds that tumors are thought to produce.
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LONDON - Manâs best friend could also be a lifesaver in the fight against cancer. Scientists said on Friday dogs can be used to detect bladder cancer by smelling urine.
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By OSKAR GARCIA A three-week search for the companion dog of an Oregon man battling depression has ended happily in Wyoming, more than 700 miles from where the dog went missing in Nebraska. Melody, a 12-year-old border collie mix, was found huddled under a pickup in Sheridan, Wyo.
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By Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times  Jun. 14--Five years after Springer's rescue, the orphaned orca's relocation to her pod in the wild appears to be an unqualified success.
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Maybe the dogs had lost a bout before a frenzied crowd in a basement. Maybe they had been used to whet the bloodlust of other dogs. But dead or alive, the two shredded pit bulls were no longer of any use to their owners.
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By Leslie Fike, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Mar. 2--FORT WALTON BEACH   -- The rescue of a family of seven dogs from a culvert near Baker School ended sadly late Wednesday.   The mother didn't make it through the night.