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Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Cancer: Recent Studies find Danger and no Benefits
There are different ways to employ alternative medical therapies. Sometimes they are used in place of conventional, scientific medicine. More commonly, they are used along with conventional therapy and simply given the credit for any improvement. However, in either case … Continue reading
Salmonella and Other Risks of Raw Pet Diets
Primal Pet Foods, a popular marketer of commercial raw diets for dogs and cats, recently announced a recall of one of its raw cat foods because testing has suggested the diet may be contaminated with the bacteria Salmonella. Such recalls … Continue reading
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From The Daily Mash: Made-up Medicine Works on Made-up Illnesses
A spot of British humour with your tea? Here are few excerpts from the article Made-up medicine works on made-up illnesses ACUPUNCTURE has been shown to be extremely effective amongst people who have nothing wrong with them. Experts stressed that … Continue reading
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Evaluation of the Chinese Herbal Remedies San Ren Tang, Wei Lin Tang, and Alisma for Feline Urinary Tract Disease
Though herbal remedies often have an aura of being somehow fundamentally different from drugs used as medicines, they are really just collections of chemical compounds. As such, they ought to be evaluated just as conventional pharmaceuticals are: identification and isolation … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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Azodyl for Kidney Failure in Cats: An Update on the Evidence
In a recent article about pet supplements for the Science-Based Medicine Blog, I reviewed the dietary supplement Azodyl, marketed for kidney failure in dogs and cats. At the time, the evidence I was able to find was extremely limited, poorly … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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Veterinary Homotoxicology
What Is It? Proponents of homotoxicology (also sometimes known as “complex homeopathy”) present it as an advancement or improvement in homeopathy, one that is more scientific and compatible with conventional medicine than classical homeopathy. It can more accurately be seen … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homeopathy
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Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about our Everyday Deceptions
The first step in accepting the need for skepticism and a systematic, scientific approach to evaluating medical therapies is understanding the limitations of our perceptions and judgments. Human beings all share innate and inescapable blind spots, both sensory and cognitive, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
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Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine
What Is It? Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is marketed as a set of theories and practices developed over centuries in China. In reality, it is a label applied to a varied and inconsistent set of practices drawn from a variety … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture, General, Herbs and Supplements
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The Economist says, “There is no alternative medicine.”
It’s rare to see the popular press cover alternative medicine in anything but a friendly way. Because those selling CAM are selling hope and faith as an integral part of most of their remedies, there tends to be a positive … Continue reading
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From SBM: The Top Ten Pet Supplements–Do They Work?
From Science-Based Medicine: The Top Ten Pet Supplements–Do They Work? An Embarrassment of Riches? Much has been written here about the dietary supplement industry, a multibillion dollar industry with powerful political connections, and about the woeful inadequacy of regulation which … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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