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Turmeric for Pets
One of the more popular herbal products in the last few years has been turmeric. Used as a spice in cooking, this herb has also been used for the usual wide range of unrelated conditions in traditional folk medicine, particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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Resources for Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine
I write extensively about the ways in which alternative therapies are justified, and the problems with much of the evidence used to promote them. I talk less here about the way all veterinary therapies should be evaluated and appraised, through … Continue reading
Posted in Science-Based Veterinary Medicine
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Animal Naturopathy
Naturopathy is a pleasant-sounding term for an approach to health and disease that is quite different from that of science-based medicine. It is an example of an alternative philosophy that has great appeal for from a certain perspective but which, … Continue reading
Posted in General
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U.K. May Ban Unlicensed TCM Drugs
I’ve written about so-called Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which is not actually traditional and which is a collection of untested folk beliefs that are inconsistent with much established scientific knowledge. The biggest problem with TCM, however, is that the remedies … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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2014 Roy Montgomery Research Award
The Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine Association (EBVMA) announces the availability of an award of $3,000 to a single recipient (a person or group) designed to support research that promotes the understanding, development and application of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in veterinary medical … Continue reading
FDA Warns Consumers About Unsupported Claims for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
I reviewed the evidence for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) recently after a series of conversations on a popular veterinary discussion forum (Veterinary Information Network: VIN) in which quite strong claims were put forward about the potential value of this therapy … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science-Based Veterinary Medicine
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Evidence Update–Canine Cognitive Dysfunction
Canine Cognitive Dysfunction (CCD) is a common and significant disease in older dogs which resembles, in many ways, some forms of dementia in humans. I have written about proposed therapies several times (1, 2, 3). Because there is no highly … Continue reading
Posted in Science-Based Veterinary Medicine
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British Vets Denounce Homeopathy-But Refer Clients for it Anyway?
This is a guest post from a colleague in the United Kingdom, Arlo Guthrie As the editor of VetSurgeon.org, the leading online community for veterinary surgeons in the UK, I thought it would be interesting to assess British vets’ attitudes to … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Posts, Homeopathy
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