Opt-out addition to EMR gives needed boost to cardiac rehab referrals … COVID-sniffing canines to work at Georgia assisted living facilities … CMS rule seeks to shorten approval process for new medical...
Why coronavirus detection may be going to the dogs
By
John O'Connor
May 03, 2020
Might it soon be possible for dogs to detect the coronavirus? We may soon find out, thanks to a study now underway at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, October 9
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 08, 2019
Nuplazid slows relapses in dementia-related psychosis … Dog ownership may extend life of heart attack, stroke survivors … Growth factor shows promise for treating knee osteoarthritis … Drugs for...
Four legs good, conclude therapy researchers
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 05, 2013
Finding out therapy dogs slow down dementia symptoms is like discovering water quenches thirst, or shoes reduce firewalker foot pain. Of course they do. As my dogs like to say, “Grrrrr,” followed...
Better to let sleeping nursing-home dogs lie
By
Liza Berger
May 11, 2009
Say it’s not true! Could it really be that dogs, those loving, joyful, drooling creatures, actually can transfer illnesses such as MRSA and C.difficile to residents in nursing homes? Pardon my intellectual...