“I trust him and his nose more than anything else,” a North Carolina mother tells PEOPLE of her son’s diabetic alert dog A routine preschool pickup took an unexpected turn when Aubrie Lewis noticed ...

A Wrentham family acquired a diabetic alert dog to help monitor a 9-year-old girl's Type 1 diabetes. The service dog, named Dexter, is trained to detect high or low blood sugar levels by scent. A ...

Tamera Mason deals with four competing autoimmune diseases everyday, and her service dog Irene helps her stay on top of things. “She is a diabetic and Addison trained dog,” Mason said. Addison’s ...

A medical alert dog is a service dog trained to alert you at the onset of a medical condition, such as a seizure, low blood sugar, or the presence of a food allergen. You’ll have to complete an ...

When people’s blood sugar levels drop, the scent of their breath changes — a change detectable by dogs. However, a study presented at the American Diabetes Association annual meeting showed a mixed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MADISON, Ala. (WHNT) — Service dogs can help people with all sorts of medical needs, including alerting to the highs and lows of ...

It's no secret that service animals are highly intelligent and diligent, but one woman has been left stunned by her son's diabetic alert dog, who can warn her of low blood sugar 30 minutes before it ...

“I trust him and his nose more than anything else,” a North Carolina mother tells PEOPLE of her son’s diabetic alert dog Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE ...