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What’s in a Name? Is Expertise Even Real in a World of Toothiologists?
“Nutritionist” isn’t a protected term. Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist. “Dietician” is the legally protected term. “Dietician” is like “dentist”, and “nutritionist” is like “tooth-i-ologist.” Dara O’Biain In one of the most insightful and frighteningly prescient books I’ve read, The Death … Continue reading
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Bizarre Plan to “Destroy” Veterinary Medicine
I have written a few times in the past about one of the most powerful, and richest, promoters of pseudoscience in the world, Joseph Mercola. More often, I have written about his veterinarian accomplice, Dr. Karen Becker. For many years, Dr. Becker promoted … Continue reading
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Lifespan and Healthspan
A snippet from a free webinar I co-present with Dr. Lippman and Dr. Tarantino from the Senior and Geriatric Dog Society. You can take the full course here- https://loyal.dog/course-5B-BM
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Reiki for Pain After Spay Surgery in Dogs? Please no!
What Is It?Though I haven’t devoted a single post to the subject, I have mentioned Reiki many times and explained why it is one of the clearest examples of pseudoscientific nonsense out there. Believing Reiki has therapeutic benefits requires abandoning science and … Continue reading
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NuQ Cancer Screening Test- Yes or No?
ScreeningOne of the topics I have written about frequently here is screening—testing apparently healthy individuals to look for disease that hasn’t yet cause clinical symptoms. Screening is popular in human and veterinary medicine because of the widespread belief that the earlier … Continue reading
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WSAVA Adds Chinese Medicine Pseudoscience to Continuing Education Conference Held in China
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) regularly sponsors a continuing education conference, as many such veterinary membership organizations do. This year is the first time the conference is being held in China. This is also the first time the conference has … Continue reading
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Evidence Update: Is Surgery Necessary for Dogs with Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture?
Back in 2011, I first wrote about the issue of concerning whether dogs with cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) ruptures did better with surgery or with non-surgical management. My conclusion at that time was: For most dogs under 15kg, conservative management … Continue reading
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Science, Science Denial, & Drug Development- A response to Dr. Judy Morgan
As I’ve mentioned previously, in the last four years I have continued my clinical practice while also working for Loyal, a biotechnology company pursuing FDA approval of drugs to extend health lifespan in dogs. There is little overlap between my SkeptVet … Continue reading
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AVMA Asks for Comments on Draft Code of Conduct
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) functions mostly as a lobby and PR organization for veterinarians. It is a membership organization and, as such, is beholden to whoever its members are, and the organization is very keen to avoid conflict … Continue reading
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