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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
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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
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WVC 2014: Presentations About Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine
These are three presentations I gave to veterinarians at the 2014 Western Veterinary Conference. I previously posted the slide decks and a bibliography. These videos are narrated versions of the slide decks. What is Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine & Why Do … Continue reading
Pox Parties for Dogs: Brought to You by Veterinary Homeopaths
When I first heard of Pox Parties, I found it amazing, and frightening, that people actually fear vaccines so much that they will deliberately expose their children to infectious disease to avoid them. Such parents take their children to play … Continue reading
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Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Review Concludes Homeopathy Doesn’t Work
When I reviewed the case against homeopathy as part of the debate over the AVMA resolution to acknowledge it as a placebo therapy, there were many previous reviews to refer to. In addition to the numerous systematic reviews of the … Continue reading
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