[Connie Sutherland]

I don't know a better name for them than this but figured this might be the right thread to put this question. Does anyone have any experience with (training/working with) dogs formally trained to recognize medical conditions in humans? Or know someone who does? Seizures, low blood sugar, I guess even melanomas, etc. Different from service dogs for the blind, I think, in that this would be training dogs to recognize, interpret, and act on odors...or physical cues, etc....given off by people.

Sorry -- no experience -- but here's what I have:

http://biotherapy.md.huji.ac.il/new_page_4.htm

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dsb/serviceanimals.htm#SupportDogs

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10091851&dopt=Abstract