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The Healing Power of the Dogs at Sunrise Children's Hospital
Fall 2006
The Mask of Kappa PSI Pharmaceutical Fraternity
University of Southern Nevada College of Pharmacy and Delta Tau G.C.D. Dr. Allison Welder and the healing power of the dogs at Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Little ones at Sunrise Children's Hospital are getting a unique prescription for healing these days: therapeutic dogs. Specifically, Labrador Retrievers.
Modern medicine shows taht dogs have the amazing power to detect, treat, and cure many disease states and pathological conditions. The healing power of the dogs, combined with pharmaceutical drugs, provides unique and additive healing potential in today's clinical medicine setting.
The University of Southern Nevada (USN) College of Pharmacy in Henderson and Sunrise Children's Hospital in Las Vegas brought these healing powers together to fight disease and treat chronic conditions in children.
Allison Anne Welder, PhD, professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at USN's College of Pharmacy, takes her three dogs to Sunrise to be part of the canine therapy program. She alternates between LuLu, Tinker-Belle, and Abbie when she takes nationally registered Labrador retrievers visit the children two to four times per month.
Read the entire article . . .
- Original Article: Dose of Dogs for Healing at Sunrise Children's Hospital (.pdf 842K)
- Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity is the oldest and largest professional pharmacy fraternity, with 70 active Collegiate and 44 active Graduate chapters across the United States and Canada.