National Canine Cancer Foundation 
Blessing of the Animals
Ever since the socks have come into the office my kids have had their eye on them and finally the day came that they could wear them. Their school was holding the annual Blessing of the Animals. The kids are always ...
Bark in the Park at Carson Park helps fight canine cancer
A night out at the ballpark helped raise money in the fight against canine cancer. Bark in the Park took place on Jun 10 at the Eau Claire Express baseball game, sponsored by dog training school emBARK. WEAU’s Danielle Wagner ...
CSU joins canine cancer research initiative
Stephen Johnston, the director of the Center for Innovations in Medicine, and his team at Arizona State University set out to find a cure for cancer 12 years ago. Now, the once out-of-reach dream is becoming a reality. Colorado State ...
Animal research saves people and their pets from cancer
In October, James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their groundbreaking cancer research. With the help of mice, they developed six revolutionary cancer treatments that target the immune system. Some patients who received just ...
Canine Cancer Lessons: 11 Tools For Prevention
When I was in veterinary school, cancer, in my experience, presented a lot of closed doors. I was in a position where I was supposed to be offering solutions to people for their sick pets, but none of the options ...
A cartoonist drew a touching tribute to his dying dog
Stephan Pastis ducked into an Arizona coffeehouse last September and began to grieve. He sketched and cried as he wrote the words, “We put our dog to sleep on Wednesday.” The plot twist was, about 800 miles away, Pastis’s dog ...
Scientists develop precision cancer treatment for dogs
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists at the University of Missouri have helped advance a patient-specific, precision medicine treatment for bone cancer in dogs. By creating a vaccine from a dog’s own tumor, scientists worked with ELIAS Animal Health to target ...
Startup offers genomic sequencing, treatment options for canine cancer
One in every three dogs gets cancer, according to the National Canine Cancer Foundation. OneHealth, a startup that just raised a $5 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Bio fund with participation from Lerer Hippeau and Y Combinator, aims to make it ...
Loretta has cancer but her foster family is giving her a trip of a lifetime
Loretta’s tail didn’t stop wagging from the time she walked into Trinity Lutheran School in Edwardsville until the time she left two hours later. And why not? Children, teachers and other staff treated the yellow Labrador retriever like a movie star, despite ...
Researchers explore impact of obesity on dog’s health
If you thought that obesity affects only humans, you may be wrong. It can also shorten the lives of your canine friends, finds research. The research, from the University of Liverpool in the UK, reveals that the lifespan of overweight dogs was up to two-and-half years shorter when ...