Study proves dogs improve patients' spirits and pain management AZ An innovative study by a fourteen-year-old boy, who had undergone grueling medical treatments for most of his life, has shown that therapy dogs help cancer patients' spirits and pain management:

 "I proved that dogs do make a difference, that children after a painful procedure will experience less pain and anxiety with a dog..." Jeff Luttrell [Arizona Republic]

Federal charges brought against bomb-sniffing dog trainer VA  [ABC 7]

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