by CriticalCareDVM I was recently asked by a lay person if I thought my beloved profession – veterinary medicine – was a service industry. I’d never been asked that before. On one hand, I think it’s a great question. On the other hand, and to be completely honest, it’s one I was a little hesitant to answer. After some introspection and not being one...

Analysis by Dr. Karen Shaw Becker Pet parents are keenly interested in natural diets for their dogs and cats. In 2016, the research company Nielsen conducted a survey of over 3,500 U.S. and French consumers, ages 18-65, who owned at least one dog or cat, and found that their #2 preference in pet food was that it be “natural” (#1 was “non-GMO”).1 The survey...

by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Scientists have deciphered a key strategy of cancer cells that allows them to outfox the immune system and enhance the odds of their survival by employing a deadly “two-faced protein” that is reminiscent of a two-faced figure in ancient Roman mythology. Cancers are genetically programmed to survive at all costs, even if that quest means killing the host...

Owning a pet gets even better with age. While reports on the health benefits of caring for a dog, cat or other critter abound, a new Mayo Clinic study suggests that dogs are a heart’s best friend. Researchers studied just under 1,800 people between the ages of 25 to 64 who had healthy hearts, almost half of which (42%) owned a dog. And those...

Disclaimer The Puppy Up Foundation does not endorse nor recommend any particular product, service, or treatment. We offer  information strictly for educational and/or informational purposes. We believe it is the pet owner’s responsibility to do the research and draw his or her own conclusions.   University of Pennsylvania set to partner with Denver-based Dixie Brands, Inc. in first-ever double-blind placebo CBD trial for dogs...

Chet Piotrowski, Jr. It’s been less than week since Yoshi has passed – his 8.5 pound body no longer able to sustain the ravages of swollen lymph nodes and other unseen damage caused by cancer. I carry his collar everywhere I go, hidden so only I can feel it. Not because I’m embarrassed, but because I can’t seem to fathom he’s not next to...

by Gary Thompson Occasionally people will ask me about a connection between bone cancer and the placement of a bone plate. Bone plates and screws are used in the repair of broken bones and commonly with a procedure in larger dogs for a torn ACL called a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO). The most common bone cancer is a type of aggressive tumor called...

Disclaimer The Puppy Up Foundation does not endorse nor recommend any particular product, service, or treatment. We offer  information strictly for educational and/or informational purposes. We believe it is the pet owner’s responsibility to do the research and draw his or her own conclusions.   Tell us the story of how and why you started your company. LEAH Labs was founded to cure cancer...

We’ve posted articles on this subject before, but when new or differing opinions arise, we feel it’s important to keep our readers informed. As with all articles we publish, the Puppy Up Foundation does not endorse nor recommend any particular product, service, or treatment. We offer  information strictly for educational and/or informational purposes. We believe it is the pet owner’s responsibility to do the...