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Selling Veterinary Stem Cell Therapies: Medivet’s Dodgy Advertising
The primary focus of this blog is to examine carefully the claims and evidence concerning alternative veterinary medical therapies. I focus less on the failures of conventional therapies and providers to always adhere to the highest standards of science-based medicine … Continue reading
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American Animal Hospital Association Promotes CAVM and Quackery
The American Animal Hospital Association promotes itself as an organization which accredits veterinary hospitals and claims, “The Standards developed and published by AAHA are widely accepted as representing those components of veterinary practice that represent high quality care…Because of the … Continue reading
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CAM and the Law Part 4: Regulation of Supplements and Homeopathic Remedies
This is a cross-post from Science-Based Medicine- CAM and the Law Part 4: Regulation of Supplements and Homeopathic Remedies Another major set of legal standards that apply to alternative medicine are the laws and regulations that govern the manufacturing and availability … Continue reading
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CAM and the Law Part 3: Malpractice Law
This is a cross-post from Science-Based Medicine- CAM and the Law Part 3: Malpractice Law It is with some trepidation I venture into the next subject in this series — malpractice law. This is a touchy subject for healthcare providers, for … Continue reading
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Safety and Efficacy of NSAIDs for Canine Arthritis
A common justification for the use of alternative therapies, with or without evidence concerning safety and efficacy, is that they are appropriate when conventional medicine does not have an established effective treatment for the problem. This is a legitimate argument … Continue reading
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How Nutraceutical Research Should be Done: Lycopene for Osteosarcoma in Dogs
Proponents of nutraceuticals, nutritional supplements thought to have therapeutic or preventative effects, often promote the use of such products despite little or no legitimate evidence to suggest they will be safe or helpful. When skeptics challenge these unsupported claims, they … Continue reading
Politics Trumps Science: Continuing Education Credit for Pseudoscience thanks to the AHVMA
I’ve written before about the ludicrous subjects the American Holistic Veterinary Medicine Association offers “continuing education” courses on, including “Earth Acupuncture” to heal the Earth by poking sticks in the ground and adoption into a fake Native American religion to … Continue reading
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Dr. Andrew Jones: Selling “Secrets” and Lies finally has a price
I once referred briefly to Dr. Andrew Jones in a previous post as an example of one of the warning signs of quackery, the claim of secret knowledge that mainstream science and medicine doesn’t want you to have. Of course, … Continue reading
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Encouraging studies on probiotics for canine diarrhea
I have written about probiotics previously (in general, for herpsvirus in cats, and some of the overhyping and quackery associated with them), and in general I have been cautiously optimistic about their potential, while criticizing claims that go beyond the … Continue reading
PetDiets.Com: An excellent source for science-based pet nutrition information
I just wanted to point out a web site I found recently which offers excellent information on pet nutrition. PetDiets.com is the site of Veterinary Nutritional Consultations, Inc. (VNC). This organization is a independent consulting group that provides nutrition information … Continue reading