A trained dog can detect Clostridium difficile in stool samples and in hospital patients, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. Researchers studied a two-year-old beagle trained to ...

Most dogs get excited when they sniff out a juicy bone. But Cliff, a two-year-old Beagle, shows enthusiasm for a far more unusual reason. The perceptive pooch has been trained to sniff out the ...

Dogs can sniff out hospital bugs, researchers suggest. Trained sniffer dogs can smell Clostridium difficile in the air surrounding a patient's bed with a high degree of accuracy, a study found. They ...

Faecal microbial transplants (FMT) work best when stool samples are taken from 'super donors', research suggests. A study investigating the effectiveness of FMTs in a range of diseases found the ...

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