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VancouverFeline and Evidence-Based Medicine
Stumbled across this blog post from VancouverFeline recently. Warms my skeptical heart!! In medicine, we have many habits and quirks handed down through the generations. Often, we think nothing of these, and even believe that these well-accepted practices are grounded … Continue reading
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Benefits & Risks of Neutering, an Evidence Update–Cancer and Behavioral Problems in Vizslas
As part of my ongoing coverage of the risks and benefits associated with neutering, I wanted to review a recent article on the subject, this one looking specifically at cancer risk and behavioral problems in Vizslas. Zink, MC. Farhoodly, P. … Continue reading
Posted in Science-Based Veterinary Medicine
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Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy Doesn’t Like Criticism–Except Their Own
During the discussion about the AVMA resolution identifying homeopathy as ineffective, defenders of homeopathy were adament that it would be unfair of the AVMA to single out their methods for criticism. I wonder if the House of Delegates was aware … Continue reading
Posted in Homeopathy
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On CAVM Research and Plausibility
I have been participating in a discussion on the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) about the AVMA’s failure to take a scientific and principled position on homeopathy, and it prompted me to outline a few thoughts on the subject of whether … Continue reading
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Pet Owners Beware: Why Owners Should ask Veterinarians about the Evidence behind their Treatments
I was recently interviewed for an article on the nature of evidence in veterinary medicine, and why pet owners should be concerned about the evidence their veterinarian uses to support his or her recommendations. If clients demand the therapies given … Continue reading
Posted in Science-Based Veterinary Medicine
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Leader of Holistic Veterinary Foundation Expresses Troubling Ideas About Science
The American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA), and the associated foundation (AHVMF) appear frequently in articles on this blog. These organizations represent a large portion of alternative veterinary practitioners, and the AHVMF is involved in significant efforts to spread the … Continue reading
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Veterinary Clinical Decision-Making and Cognitive Bias
As part of the rationale for the application of EBVM, it seems necessary to illustrate the deficiencies in other approaches to evaluating therapies and making clinical decisions. As infectious disease specialist Mark Crislip puts it. Often getting the right diagnosis … Continue reading
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An Oral History of Evidence-Based Medicine
The Journal of the American Medical Association and British Medical Journal have produced a video of a discussion with some of the founding figures of the Evidence-Based Medicine movement. This offers some great insights into the improtant and fundamental shift in … Continue reading
Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine and Teaching Alternative Medicine: What Future are we Preparing Veterinary Students to Create?
A key focus of this blog is to promote a science-based perspective for veterinary medicine. I believe that relying more on science and less on habit, tradition, intuition, and personal experience will lead to better care for our patients. While … Continue reading
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AVMA Homeopathy Resolution Defeated-Politics Trumps Science Yet Again
In a shock to no one, the resolution before the American Veterinary Medical Association House of Delegates acknowledging homeopathy is ineffective was defeated by a wide margin. Sources say the vote was 90% against the resolution despite the report of … Continue reading
Posted in Homeopathy, Law, Regulation, and Politics
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