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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The best medicine doesn’t always come with a pill. Sometimes, it comes with four paws and fur. “Nursing is probably one of the hardest professions that you can work in,” says Buckeye ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation (MFB) held a retirement paw-ty for its senior therapy dog Wednesday. The hospital says Vandy is their first therapy dog specializing in ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is it necessary to have physical therapy before surgery for a torn ACL? How much physical therapy usually is needed after the surgery? Strictly speaking, physical therapy is not ...

Craig Dixon, a nurse in the ICU at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, pets therapy dogs with the Buckeye Paws Program. Dixon says a visit from the certified dog-handler teams not only ...