Monthly Archives: February 2017

Should Herbalism Be a Recognized Specialty in Veterinary Medicine?

Posted on February 28, 2017 by skeptvet

Introduction As regular readers will know, herbal medicine is the area within complementary and alternative medicine I am most sympathetic to. Plants obviously contain chemical compounds that can have significant physiologic effects, for good or ill. And many conventional medicine … Continue reading →

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Overview of the Evidence for Probiotics in Cats and Dogs

Posted on February 17, 2017 by skeptvet

I have written about the subject of probiotics several times before, and this is one of the most interesting and active areas of research in scientific veterinary medicine. Unfortunately, probiotics are also illustrative of the unreliability of unregulated veterinary health … Continue reading →

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Evidence Update: Still No Good Evidence to Support Yunnan Baiyao

Posted on February 12, 2017 by skeptvet

I originally wrote about the Chinese herbal product Yunnan Baiyao in 2010, concluding at that time that the evidence supporting its use to reduce bleeding was poor and largely anecdotal: So we have a treatment with uncertain and unregulated ingredients, … Continue reading →

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