We humans share a lot of similarities with dogs, such as personal preferences, social behaviors, facial expressions, and 80 percent of our DNA. We also have many diseases in common, including epilepsy ...

Dear Dr. Fox: Recently, my wife and I lost one of our 2-year-old pugs to PDE (pug dog encephalitis). Prior to this, we had never heard of this genetic illness, which, as you know, is usually fatal. In ...