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A reminder from the insightful and inimitable Tim Minchin!
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A reminder from the insightful and inimitable Tim Minchin!
What is evidence-based medicine and why does it matter?
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December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
What is evidence-based medicine and why does it matter?
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October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
June 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"The purpose of this narrative review is to summarize the currently available information concerning immune system aging in dogs and cats and what is known about the clinical consequences and about potential strategies for mitigation."
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June 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The purpose of this narrative review is to summarize the currently available information concerning immune system aging in dogs and cats and what is known about the clinical consequences and about potential strategies for mitigation."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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"Ultimately, using half doses is bad medicine since we are creating risk (potential for a poorer response) in the absence of any reasonable evidence that there’s a corresponding benefit (of any sort, let alone one that results in a net benefit)."
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May 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Ultimately, using half doses is bad medicine since we are creating risk (potential for a poorer response) in the absence of any reasonable evidence that there’s a corresponding benefit (of any sort, let alone one that results in a net benefit)."
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Took a while, but finished my certification in Senior and Geriatric Canine Medicine from the SDVS! Thanks for the great CE!
May 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Took a while, but finished my certification in Senior and Geriatric Canine Medicine from the SDVS! Thanks for the great CE!
Anyone else uncomfortable with the "auto mechanic" metaphor for veterinary medicine? To me, it seems to diminish our patients and our profession.
May 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Anyone else uncomfortable with the "auto mechanic" metaphor for veterinary medicine? To me, it seems to diminish our patients and our profession.
Recent Legal Sanctions for Dr. Jean Dodds and Dr. Margo Roman: Do They Matter?
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May 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Recent Legal Sanctions for Dr. Jean Dodds and Dr. Margo Roman: Do They Matter?
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A recent talk I gave to vets about some treatments we might want to reconsider in the face of current scientific evidence.
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March 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A recent talk I gave to vets about some treatments we might want to reconsider in the face of current scientific evidence.
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The anti-vaccine activists now running our health federal health system are setting up a biased study to confirm what they believe and what real science has already disproven. More preventable deaths on the way!
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March 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The anti-vaccine activists now running our health federal health system are setting up a biased study to confirm what they believe and what real science has already disproven. More preventable deaths on the way!
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Is it wrong that my first thought was, "Well, at least someone--er, something-- read my book!" 😜
March 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is it wrong that my first thought was, "Well, at least someone--er, something-- read my book!" 😜
Or for those with more modern sensibilities-
March 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Or for those with more modern sensibilities-
March 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ahhh, anecdotes….
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Ahhh, anecdotes….
I know it's just Google Ngram, but still seems like a bad sign....
February 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I know it's just Google Ngram, but still seems like a bad sign....
Guess I'm not going to work today! 😉
February 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Guess I'm not going to work today! 😉
Mixed feelings about the nomination of Dr. Gerald Parker to head the pandemic office. Great background in infectious disease and an expert in H5N1, but also a supporter of RFK and the "lab leak" conspiracy theory. Not clear if he will put science over ideology.
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February 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Mixed feelings about the nomination of Dr. Gerald Parker to head the pandemic office. Great background in infectious disease and an expert in H5N1, but also a supporter of RFK and the "lab leak" conspiracy theory. Not clear if he will put science over ideology.
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Nope, acupuncture still doesn't work for pain. skeptvet.com/2025/02/nope...
February 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Nope, acupuncture still doesn't work for pain. skeptvet.com/2025/02/nope...