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BSAVA Statement on Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Organizations representing veterinarians are fundamentally political in nature, and their leaders respond to the will of their constituencies. I have often written about the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) in the context of alternative therapies and evidence-based medicine. While the … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Regulation, and Politics
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JustFoodForDogs Brings Us Some Classic Marketing Masquerading as Science
I have written about the issue of homemade pet diets here several times (1, 2, 3, 4). They are appealing to some owners because they appear more “natural” than commercial dry or canned diets, which is supposed to imply they … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
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Liberals not Immune to Science Denialism
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Evidence Update-Chinese Studies of Acupuncture Are Always Positive: Perfect Medicine or Hidden Bias?
What many people don’t realize about scientific studies is that since they are designed, conducted, analyzed, and reported by fallible human beings, they are prone to all sorts of bias and error. They often contain mechanisms to minimize these sources … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture
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Update-Do Dogs Defecate in Alignment with the Earth’s Magnetic Field?
Earlier this year, I reviewed a research study claiming that dogs orient themselves to fluctuations in the earth’s magnetic field when defecating. I was asked to re-post the review on Publons, a site which publishes reviews of journal articles. The … Continue reading
Shocking News! Media Coverage of Healthcare Research Often Not Very Good.
As a veterinarian, explaining science to non-scientists and interpreting the meaning of scientific research is a key part of my job. Pet owners cannot make truly informed decisions about what to do for their animal companions without reliable information they … Continue reading
Evidence Update-Data for Resveratrol and Antioxidants Not Looking Good
At the very beginning of this blog in 2009, I wrote about a compound called resveratrol. I concluded at that time that it was “promising but unproven.” I subsequently reported on a scandal in which a key researcher studying this … Continue reading
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This link leads to a YouTube channel with videos related to evidence-based veterinary medicine and scientific evaluation of alternative medicine.
Finally, A Journalist Takes a Skeptical View of Claims for Veterinary Acupuncture
I am occasionally interviewed by journalists writing articles about alternative medicine for pets. Many of these articles deal focus on acupuncture, and they tend to follow a pretty consistent pattern: 1. Story about a dog or cat with some pain … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture
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