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Integrative Medicine or Bait-and Switch?
For a while now, the Huffington Post has been providing a platform for a prominent voice in the alternative veterinary medicine community, Dr. Richard Palmquist. Dr. Palmquist is involved in the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA), and has had … Continue reading
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From Science-Based Medicine: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Hospice Care
From the Science-Based Medicine Blog: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Hospice Care A number of news outlets (e.g. Bloomberg Business Week, MSN.Com, US News, etc) have recently reported that use of complementary and alternative therapies (CAT) is widespread in hospice … Continue reading
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Handlers Can Unintentionally Influence Detection Dog Performance
A recent study in the journal Animal Cognition involving drug and explosive detection dogs has been widely reported in the online media (e.g. Medical News Daily, Sacramento Today, etc). The study, conducted at the University of California at Davis, was … Continue reading
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Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Veterinary Hospice Care
There is a brief commentary (subscription required) in the current issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) on the subject of veterinary hospice care. I’ve written about this subject before, and I think it is one … Continue reading
Study finds maternal use of CAM decreases compliance with recommended childhood vaccinations
One of the concerns I have about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is that it tends to come packaged with a philosophy or point of view which is hostile to scientific medicine. Even if specific CAM interventions are themselves harmless … 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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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
Posted in General, Law, Regulation, and Politics
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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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All Natural Advertising for Alternative Veterinary Medicine
I couldn’t resist passing along this little gem. A veterinarian named Dr. Margo Roman, who practices and advocates for the usual hodgepodge of alternative veterinary therapies, has a project called Dr. DoMore which is focused on producing DVD “documentaries” (a.k.a. … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humor, Miscellaneous CAVM
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HuffPo Offers Vet Woo Too, Courtesy of Dr. Palmquist
The folks at Science-Based Medicine and Respectful Insolence have been pointing out for a while that the Huffington Post has become a mainstream media champion for unreliable alternative medical information. And fortunately for us, HuffPo isn’t ignoring the veterinary side … Continue reading
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