Category Archives: General

? Early in 2010, the Practitioner Committee of the EBVMA conducted a survey of practicing veterinarians in the United States concerning their familiarity with the terms and concepts of evidence-based medicine and their attitudes towards it. The survey instrument was … Continue reading →

One subject that I am perennially interested in is the nature of how people in general, and doctors in particular, make decisions and judgments, and how that process can go wrong. I’ve written about the pitfalls of spiraling empiricism, cognitive … Continue reading →

This blog grew out of my own efforts to educate myself and my clients. I began looking into alternative medicine in veterinary school (about 14 years ago now, gasp!). Having heard about James Reston’s supposed acupuncture anesthesia in the 1970s, … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →