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Use of Leeches in Veterinary Medicine
I recently received an email promoting one of the strangest therapies I’ve looked into while writing this blog—leeches. 10 FACTS HOW LEECHES HELP DOGS! 1. Leeches a new wave in alternative animal medicine? No way! Over 3000 years ago leeches … Continue reading
Posted in General
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Plechner Syndrome and the Art of Making Stuff Up
Most proponents of so-called complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are ordinary, reasonable people, even when promoting beliefs that may be dubious or even thoroughly incredible. However, occasionally I run across one of those individuals with not only a bizarre understanding … Continue reading
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Can you own an idea? Hemopet sues Nestle-Purina and Hill’s over Nutrigenomics.
Intellectual property law is a complex, often bewildering tangle that I make no claim to be deeply conversant with. However, it has always struck me as odd to consider the notion that ideas can be owned. While I understand the … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Regulation, and Politics
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The Pseudoscience of Veterinary Chiropractic
The defining characteristic of pseudoscience is an idea which sounds scientific, which claims to be scientific, but which isn’t actually based on legitimate scientific research or is theoretically inconsistent which established scientific knowledge. There can be some subjectivity in the … Continue reading
Posted in Chiropractic
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Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation (VOM)-A Familiar Tale of Quackery
The hallmark of classic medical quackery is the lone genius proclaiming the discovery of a radical new approach to healing that is simple, perfectly effective, and perfectly safe. This magical new therapy, described in impressive scientific terminology invented from scratch … Continue reading
Posted in Chiropractic, General, Law, Regulation, and Politics
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Crananidin: Cranberry Extract for Urinary Tract Infections in Dogs and Cats?
The question of whether cranberries, in some form, have value in treating or preventing urinary tract infections (UTIs) is a pretty old one. Mark Crislip at Science-Based Medicine has written a nice summary of the topic, and he has found … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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Nzymes.com: Same Snake Oil, Different Day
Knowing that I have an interest in investigating the evidence behind claims for veterinary healthcare products, clients and colleagues sometimes pass along materials concerning veterinary supplements, herbal remedies, and other similar products and ask my opinion. Since there are hundreds, … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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Misleading Advertising for Raw Pet Food (again)
H.G. Wells is credited with saying, “Advertising is legalized lying,” though I cannot imagine he is the first person to have thought so. Of course, the difficulty with identifying actual lying in advertising is that it is impossible to know … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
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NuVet Supplement=Same Old Snake Oil
A client recently asked me about a product, NuVet supplement, which after a little investigation seems to be the yet another fine example of snake oil marketing. It is quite similar to a product I reviewed not that long ago, … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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The Problem of Negative and Inaccurate Advertising of Alternative Veterinary Medicine
Advertising is a form of communication intended to influence the behavior of potential consumers with regard to specific products or services. As such, it is inherently competitive to some degree, attempting to encourage consumers to choose the advertiser’s product over … Continue reading
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