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SkeptVet Survey Results

Posted on April 17, 2011 by skeptvet

The results of the SkeptVet Survey are in! In the week the survey has been available, I have collected 28 responses. While this is by no means a scientific poll, I appreciate everyone who took the time to contribute, and … Continue reading →

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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

Handlers Can Unintentionally Influence Detection Dog Performance

Posted on February 2, 2011 by skeptvet

A recent study in the journal Animal Cognition involving drug and explosive detection dogs has been widely reported in the online media (e.g. Medical News Daily, Sacramento Today, etc). The study, conducted at the University of California at Davis, was … Continue reading →

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Selling Veterinary Stem Cell Therapies: Medivet’s Dodgy Advertising

Posted on December 29, 2010 by skeptvet

The primary focus of this blog is to examine carefully the claims and evidence concerning alternative veterinary medical therapies. I focus less on the failures of conventional therapies and providers to always adhere to the highest standards of science-based medicine … Continue reading →

Posted in Science-Based Veterinary Medicine | 48 Comments

American Animal Hospital Association Promotes CAVM and Quackery

Posted on December 27, 2010 by skeptvet

The American Animal Hospital Association promotes itself as an organization which accredits veterinary hospitals and claims, “The Standards developed and published by AAHA are widely accepted as representing those components of veterinary practice that represent high quality care…Because of the … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Miscellaneous CAVM | 29 Comments

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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How Nutraceutical Research Should be Done: Lycopene for Osteosarcoma in Dogs

Posted on December 3, 2010 by skeptvet

Proponents of nutraceuticals, nutritional supplements thought to have therapeutic or preventative effects, often promote the use of such products despite little or no legitimate evidence to suggest they will be safe or helpful. When skeptics challenge these unsupported claims, they … Continue reading →

Posted in Herbs and Supplements, Science-Based Veterinary Medicine | 1 Comment

Another Study of Fish Oil for Canine Arthritis

Posted on September 15, 2010 by skeptvet

In January, a couple of research studies were published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) investigating the possible usefulness of dietary fish oil supplementation for treating the symptoms of arthritis in dogs.[1-2] I have previously discussed … Continue reading →

Posted in Herbs and Supplements | 5 Comments

Consumer Reports–The Dangers of Supplements

Posted on August 9, 2010 by skeptvet

There is an article in the upcoming issue of Consumer Reports discussing the sorry state of regulatory oversight for dietary supplements, herbs, and vitamins, and some of the concrete harm that has come to consumers as a result. It is … Continue reading →

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Special Challenges of Science-Based Veterinary Medicine

Posted on July 29, 2010 by skeptvet

The following is a post I contributed to the Science-Based Medicine blog. On this site there have been several thoughtful posts (e.g. by Dr. Atwood and by Dr. Novella), and subsequently much heated commentary, on the distinction between Evidence-Based Medicine … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science-Based Veterinary Medicine | 21 Comments