Dr. Ron Carsten Integrative Pet Vet From Post Independent Citizen Telegram Deep winter in our area is marked by long periods of darkness and cold. There is often snow and ice to contend with. These conditions combined with typical work schedules make it difficult to regularly spend time outdoors and exercise our dog companions. It is clear that exercise is valuable for pets just...

Stat News By Usha Lee McFarling   AVIS, Calif. — Radiation oncologist Dr. Michael Kent desperately wants to beat cancer. He’s testing the latest high-tech treatments in clinical trials and using a multimillion-dollar linear accelerator so he can offer the best care to patients — whether they’re beagles, golden retrievers, or the black and white terrier mix named Moo he’s now treating for a...

From Pet Peeps January 29th is National Seeing Eye Dog Day. Seeing eye dogs are service dogs specially trained to be the eyes for their visually impaired owners. Typically Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers and German Shepherds are chosen as seeing eye dogs, since these breeds are capable of complex training, and staying calm and focused when necessary. If you’ve ever watched a seeing eye...

By Rebecca Robbins From Stat News AN FRANCISCO — When pet dogs are diagnosed with cancer, they typically get surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation — that is, of course, if their owner opts to treat it. Now, a Silicon Valley startup wants to offer precision medicine instead — by recommending targeted therapies that are normally used to treat humans. For a price tag in the...

  From American Veterinarian By Kate Boatright, VMD It is undeniable that pet owners want their pets to live as long as possible. Veterinarians are great at providing preventive care services such as vaccinations and parasite prevention, but nutrition expert Donna Raditic, DVM, DACVN, feels we should be doing more. Dr. Raditic, who works wirh Nutrition and Integrative Medicine Consultants in Athens, Georgia, feels that...

From American Veterinarian Osteoarthritis (OA) and excess weight work synergistically to decrease the health and quality of life of dogs and cats, according to the 2019 Veterinary Emerging Topics (VET) Report from Banfield Pet Hospital released this week. Among patients diagnosed with OA in the hospital network in 2017, about 51% of dogs and 41% of cats were also diagnosed as overweight or obese....

Written by Dr. Karen Shaw Becker From Healthy Pets Mercola Story at-a-glance More dogs and cats are being diagnosed with cancer today Signs of neoplasia in pets are also seen in many other disorders and require prompt veterinary attention Your pet’s immune system is capable of killing cancer cells; however, cancer cells can also mutate in ways that overwhelm the immune system’s ability to...

American Veterinarian Hope—in the form of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy—is on the horizon for extended remission in dogs with hematologic B-cell malignancies. By Nicola M. Parry, BVSc, MRCVS, MSc, DACVP, ELS According to Nicola J. Mason, PhD, BVetMed, DACVIM, associate professor of medicine and pathobiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia, adoptive cell transfer (ACT) is an emerging...

You can’t prevent cancer – at least not yet – but you can stack the odds in your dog’s favor. WDJ suggests four ways you can lessen the odds of cancer in your dog. From Whole Dog Journal By Cynthia Foley Veterinary oncologists say that cancers in humans and in dogs are incredibly similar, in terms of growth and prognosis. That’s good news for...