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Vaccine Hesitancy and Denial Among Pet owners
I have written and spoken often about the influence of the anti-vaccine movement on veterinarians and pet owners. Recently, I was interviewed along with other science-base diets for an article in the New York Times bringing some mainstream media attention … Continue reading
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Been busy, but….
Long-time readers will have noticed I haven’t been posting much here lately. Partly, that is due to all the other work I am doing, both in the clinic and as part of the canine aging research I am involved in. … Continue reading
Acupuncturist Try Again for Board Specialty Status: You Can Help Stop Them
Back in 2016, proponents of using acupuncture in veterinary medicine attempted to gain recognition as a medical specialty through the AVMA’s American Board of Veterinary Specialties (ABVS), which is the organization that formally recognizes such specialized branches of veterinary medicine. … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture
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Recent Legal Sanctions for Dr. Jean Dodds and Dr. Margo Roman: Do They Matter?
Over the more than 15 years I have been writing this blog, I have tried to call attention to some individuals who consistently and egregiously disdain science and offer unfounded, potentially dangerous products or advice. This effort, more than any … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Regulation, and Politics
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Vet Vault Podcast: Science vs Profit & Navigating Medicine, Money, and Morals
A while back I had an enjoyable conversation with Dr. Hubert Hiemstra, who runs the Vet Vault podcast on the Sunshine Coast of Australia. We talked about the changing landscape of veterinary medicine, including economics and science, as well as … Continue reading
The Expanding Universe of Canine Aging Science- From VPN
Aging is the single most important risk factor for disability, disease, and, ultimately, death in adult dogs.1 It has long been viewed as inevitable and immutable, but decades of scientific research have demonstrated aging is more appropriately understood as a modifiable … Continue reading
Choosing Wisely- 2025 Edition
A regular feature in my continuing education conference talks for vets is a review of therapies that are popular and they we might want to reconsider based on scientific evidence. Some of these are perennial, such as metronidazole for acute … Continue reading
Bizarre Plan to “Destroy” Veterinary Medicine
I have written a few times in the past about one of the most powerful, and richest, promoters of pseudoscience in the world, Joseph Mercola. More often, I have written about his veterinarian accomplice, Dr. Karen Becker. For many years, Dr. Becker promoted … Continue reading
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BVA Neutering Webinar
I recently participated in a free webinar discussing neutering of dogs and cats (always a hot-button topic!). I made a screen recording of my segment of the presentation, which I am posting here. There were some technical glitches, including some … Continue reading
Nope, Acupuncture Still Doesn’t Work for Pain
With the dozens of posts covering hundreds of scientific publications and my own experience with acupuncture trainingand practice, I have surely exhausted the subject. Right? Well, in my own mind I have since it is clear to me that acupuncture is founded on … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture
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