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Herbs and Supplements for Pets: What Is a Vet to do?
I’ve written extensively about herbal remedies and dietary supplements both because these seem among the most likely to be useful of CAM therapies and also because they are widely used despite the lack of good evidence that they are safe … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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Veterinary Acupuncture
What is it? Because of the wide variety of theories, approaches, and specific practices acupuncturists use, it is difficult to find agreement as to what exactly acupuncture is. At its core, acupuncture is the practice of inserting needles into the … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture
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The Danger of Choosing Alternative Therapies over Conventional Care
One of the most common responses to criticisms of alternative medicine is that, whether it is effective or not, at least it can’t do any harm. There is ample evidence, unfortunately, that this is not true. Any therapy with a … Continue reading
Posted in General, Miscellaneous CAVM
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The Pseudoscience of Veterinary Chiropractic
The defining characteristic of pseudoscience is an idea which sounds scientific, which claims to be scientific, but which isn’t actually based on legitimate scientific research or is theoretically inconsistent which established scientific knowledge. There can be some subjectivity in the … Continue reading
Posted in Chiropractic
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Ozone Therapy for Pets
I’ve recently run across some advertising for the wonders of ozone therapy in pets. This is a treatment that hasn’t caught on much in veterinary medicine (fortunately), but I thought I’d take a look at it before it becomes the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous CAVM
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The Three Most Dangerous Words in Medicine
This slide presentation, and narrated video version, look briefly at the danger of relying on individual clinical experience rather than formal scientific research in making medical decisions. Slide Presentation Clinical Trials or Clinical Experience?
Posted in General
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Can Complementary and Alternative Medicine be Evidence-Based?
This slide presentation, and the narrated video version, are part of a talk given at the annual convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association. The subject was whether or not one can apply the approach of evidence-based medicine to complementary and … Continue reading
Posted in General
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Dog Cancer Expert Steven Eisen: Bad Advice from an Unreliable Source (restored)
The direct quotations from Dr. Eisen’s web sites were temporarily removed pending the outcome of a DMCA copyright complaint. Since no legal action was taken during the 14-day waiting period mandated under the DMCA, the original quotations have been restored. … Continue reading
Posted in General
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Dr. Eisen Takes Legal Action to Suppress Criticism
In the true spirit of quackery, which cannot bear criticism or the exposure of its absurdities, Dr. Steven Eisen has expeditiously taken action to suppress my criticism of his marketing himself as a dog cancer expert despite no formal training … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Regulation, and Politics
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