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Evidence-Based Canine Allergy Treatment
Allergies are an incredibly common, and frustrating, problem in pet dogs. Unlike humans, respiratory manifestations of environmental allergies are not usually very noticeable. Dogs with allergies get itchy skin, and they scratch like crazy as a result. The underlying inflammation … Continue reading
Posted in Science-Based Veterinary Medicine
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Uncertainty-What It Means and What It Doesn’t
It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn’t get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before … Continue reading
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The Placebo Effect In Song
Happy Birthday, SketpVet! 🙂 Today marks the first anniversary of this blog. Not a momentous event for the world at large, but yet another reminder of the fleeting nature of time for me. Apparently, in the last year I have … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humor
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JAVMA Article on Electroacupuncture for IVDD
A couple of readers have asked me to comment on a study that appears in this month’s Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Comparison of decompressive surgery, electroacupuncture, and decompressive surgery followed by electroacupuncture for the treatment of dogs … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture
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Shocking Study! Chiropractors Make Unsubstantiated Medical Claims!
A new study by Edzard Ernst and Andrew Gilbey recently appeared in the New Zealand Medical Journal surveying Internet advertising claims made by individual chiropractors and major chiropractic organizations from Canada, the U.S., New Zealand, and The U.K. They divided … Continue reading
Posted in Chiropractic
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Don’t Be Such a Scientist or The Negating Culture of Science and its Costs
I recently finished reading Randy Olson’s book Don’t Be Such a Scientist, and I definitely recommend it. It is an entertaining read and has a number of useful insights into the perennial problem of communicating complex, nuanced, and incomplete scientific … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, General
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GAO Report on Deceptive Marketing and Contamination of Herbal Products
The GAO today released a report to Congress that had previously been reported on in the New York Times. The report investigated deceptive or illegal marketing practices among sellers of herbal remedies and dietary supplements. Under the Dietary Supplement Health … Continue reading
Cold Laser Therapy
A popular therapy among chiropractors who treat pets is low level laser or “cold laser” treatment. It is an impressive bit of showmanship to pull out a complex-looking device and with a serious expression wave a beam of light over … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous CAVM
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Evaluating Medical Advice and Credentials on the Internet
Dr. Susan Wynn, a veterinarian and veterinary nutritionist who promotes “holistic” veterinary medicine, has put up a couple of blog posts recently which I rather liked, so I thought I’d comment briefly on them. I more commonly find myself disagreeing … Continue reading
Posted in General
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Voodoo Fog
Went to an art/craft fair this weekend and saw this painted on the side of a station wagon covered with voodoo dolls:
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