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From SBM: The Top Ten Pet Supplements–Do They Work?

Posted on May 19, 2011 by skeptvet

From Science-Based Medicine: The Top Ten Pet Supplements–Do They Work? An Embarrassment of Riches? Much has been written here about the dietary supplement industry, a multibillion dollar industry with powerful political connections, and about the woeful inadequacy of regulation which … Continue reading →

Posted in Herbs and Supplements | 20 Comments

Veterinary Arthritis Treatments

Posted on March 24, 2011 by skeptvet

Over the couple of years of producing this blog, I have written about many different subjects. Some have come up repeatedly, and because they represent common and important issues, I thought it might be useful to collect related posts I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Topic-Based Summaries | 56 Comments

Is Recommending Glucosamine for Arthritis Evidence-Based Medicine, or Wishful Thinking?

Posted on March 9, 2011 by skeptvet

In January, I discussed growing skepticism about the benefits of oral glucosamine and chondroitin as a treatment for arthritis in dogs and cats. In that post, I made reference to a short feature I wrote which appeared in the Journal … Continue reading →

Posted in Herbs and Supplements | 19 Comments

Integrative Medicine or Bait-and Switch?

Posted on February 13, 2011 by skeptvet

For a while now, the Huffington Post has been providing a platform for a prominent voice in the alternative veterinary medicine community, Dr. Richard Palmquist. Dr. Palmquist is involved in the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA), and has had … Continue reading →

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Safety and Efficacy of NSAIDs for Canine Arthritis

Posted on December 11, 2010 by skeptvet

A common justification for the use of alternative therapies, with or without evidence concerning safety and efficacy, is that they are appropriate when conventional medicine does not have an established effective treatment for the problem. This is a legitimate argument … Continue reading →

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Evidence-Based Canine Allergy Treatment

Posted on June 8, 2010 by skeptvet

Allergies are an incredibly common, and frustrating, problem in pet dogs. Unlike humans, respiratory manifestations of environmental allergies are not usually very noticeable. Dogs with allergies get itchy skin, and they scratch like crazy as a result. The underlying inflammation … Continue reading →

Posted in Science-Based Veterinary Medicine | 42 Comments

Uncertainty-What It Means and What It Doesn’t

Posted on June 8, 2010 by skeptvet

It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn’t get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before … Continue reading →

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The Placebo Effect In Song

Posted on June 5, 2010 by skeptvet

Happy Birthday, SketpVet! 🙂 Today marks the first anniversary of this blog. Not a momentous event for the world at large, but yet another reminder of the fleeting nature of time for me. Apparently, in the last year I have … Continue reading →

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Are Vegan Diets Healthier for Dogs & Cats?

Posted on April 29, 2022 by skeptvet

IntroductionGiven the media frenzy the article has kicked off, it is unlikely very many people are unaware of a recent study reported in the journal PLOS One that claims to show vegan diets are healthier for dogs and cats than … Continue reading →

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Dr. Marty Goldstein’s Nature’s Feast Raw Diet: A Look at the Infomercial

Posted on November 5, 2019 by skeptvet

A client recently asked one of my colleagues for an opinion on an infomercial by Dr. Marty Goldstein for his new commercial raw cat food, Nature’s Feast. There was little new or surprising in this video, but since Dr. Goldstein has a … Continue reading →

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