Can YOU OR your vet (!) properly recognize strep throat symptoms in your dog? My parents’ dog almost died from a strep throat, thanks to a misdiagnosis by a veterinary neurologist who was treating him for [...]
If your dog has always howled, you may not give it much thought as to why; after all, domestic canines are descendants from wolves. But what if your dog suddenly starts howling out of the [...]
It’s alarming to have a healthy dog put down just because it lost one leg in an accident, but cancer is a whole different ball game. Should a dog with terminal cancer be put down? [...]
My parents had German Shepherd that has always seemed prone to ear infections. I was house sitting the German Shepherd while my parents were away. Another ear infection was flaring up. The ear infection was [...]
Don't put down your “dying dog” yet; may be treatable strep throat. Is your sick dog's dying process starting and you're making arrangements to put the dog down? Does death seem imminent for your cancer-stricken [...]
A dog expert describes mistakes even the most well-meaning person could make with a bark shock collar--including fatal. Will a shock collar hurt a dog (both physically and mentally)? Can a shock collar actually work? [...]
Stopping a dog from soiling its crate has three possible scenarios. #1) The dog is housebroken, but when inside the crate, he’ll soil it, #2) The crate soiling behavior is a new behavior with an [...]
Is it harmful to spank your dog? Wondering if spanking your dog can be harmful in some way? Perhaps you’ve already spanked your dog in an effort to housetrain it, or, you spanked the dog [...]
Getting a muzzle on a dog can be a real bear, especially if the dog is a large breed. Twice a day I put the device on my parents’ German shepherd, so that I can [...]
Can a bad diet like human junk food cause brain tumors in dogs? Ever wonder why brain tumors are so common in dogs? According to a veterinarian whom I consulted for this article, it’s possible [...]
Has your dog just been diagnosed with a brain tumor? Don't make the mistakes that my parents and I made when their beautiful German shepherd was diagnosed with a brain tumor. My parents’ dog was [...]
Telling the difference between brain tumor ataxia and potassium bromide ataxia in dogs Is there a difference between the ataxia caused by potassium bromide, and the ataxia caused by a brain tumor in dogs? If [...]
A brain tumor may be the most frightening disease a dog can get. If your dog has a brain tumor, you’ve gone through that initial stage of wondering where it “came from” or what could [...]
Ever wonder if a brain tumor causes a dog to suffer with pain? Unfortunately, dogs can't tell us if they're hurting anywhere, if they have head pain or some other pain related symptom. For this [...]
What is the earliest brain tumor sign in a dog? I can only speak from my experience with my parents’ German shepherd. But I’m sure that this very early sign of a brain tumor in [...]
Warning: If your dog has been pushing or rubbing his nose or face against things or into things for no apparent reason, have your pet examined by a veterinary neurologist. This new behavior can signal [...]
Here’s why it’s actually possible for a prescription antidepressant to work within 24 hours like a charm. Antidepressants typically take a while before their effects begin kicking in, sometimes several weeks. In fact, drugs.com says [...]
Here's why you shouldn’t panic if you learn an elderly loved-one’s D-dimer test came back positive and indicates a blood clot. The D-dimer blood test is to screen for a blood clot, and doctors routinely [...]
Your doctor will want your small abdominal aortic aneurysm to be followed with a watchful-waiting approach: serial imaging to see if the bulge is getting bigger. This means imaging at fixed intervals to track any [...]
How much better is the survival rate of an endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm when compared to open surgery? An endovascular repair of an AAA isn’t as complicated when compared to the more [...]
An aortic dissection can kill you in two minutes; certainly there has to be a best time to suffer this life-threatening rupture of the heart's great vessel. Unfortunately, you don't get to decide when an aortic [...]
Innovative technology makes endovascular repair possible for an abdominal aortic aneurysm when it’s close to the renal arteries. Have you been told you can’t have endovascular repair of your abdominal aortic aneurysm because the defect [...]
All advanced cancers are difficult to treat, but one of the most difficult metastases to manage is melanoma skin cancer. Melanoma is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. However, researchers are closing in [...]
There IS a way to detect and diagnose melanoma when it's in a very early stage -- and hence, highly curable with an excellent 10-year survival rate. Just how early can melanoma be detected? First [...]
Twitching muscles is a symptom of the deadly ALS disease, as this is listed on many medical sites that describe this fatal motor neuron condition. Many people suffer from a mysterious condition in which they [...]
There IS a way to conquer the perceived weakness and ALS terror that comes from twitching muscles. If you suffer from perceived weakness from benign fasciculation syndrome (muscle twitching accompanied by other symptoms), then you [...]
How safe, or harmful, is it for someone with pneumonia to be around crowds, and just what constitutes a “crowd”? There are two kinds of pneumonia: community and hospital. Community is when the infection is [...]
Is there a such thing as MILD pneumonia in an elderly person, and if so, is this any less of an urgent situation? Ever wonder if it's possible for an elderly person to experience a [...]
There are causes of pain throughout the body other than depression. As you may already know, depression can cause pain all over your body, but other things too can have this effect. “To tell if [...]
Longer telomeres mean a longer healthier life; you can actually lengthen the telomeres in your cells with any one of four natural ways. This has been shown by research from UC San Francisco and the Preventive [...]
How long does it take to get rid of medial epichondylitis, also known as golfer’s elbow? I developed a case of medial epichondylitis (golfer’s elbow) after doing high reps, low weights, with a close-grip on [...]
If a brain aneurysm scares the heck out of you, quit smoking and make sure your blood pressure is normal--especially if you're a woman. Did you know that when a brain aneurysm ruptures, the survival [...]
There is a simple, painless and non-intimidating test to evaluate foot drop, which can have many causes. If you’ve been experiencing foot drop and want a medical test to evaluate this symptom, there’s a particular [...]
If no matter what you do you can't put weight on your skinny body, here's why, and what you can do to solve this problem. Rigorous exercise is one sure way to increase appetite. Raise [...]
A TIA should never be ignored; this can lead to your death, even if the mini stroke lasts only seconds. A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is also commonly called a mini stroke, but don’t let [...]
Cardiac rehab will help you reduce your risk of stroke after having a transient ischemic attack. If you’ve been diagnosed with a transient ischemic attack (TIA), then you know this is a mini stroke which [...]
There's yet one more reason why you should try not to get hit hard in the head: It may increase your risk of a stroke. The stroke at issue here is the ischemic type, in [...]
A very brief transient ischemic attack is as much a medical emergency as is a full-blown stroke. Sometimes, people who have experienced a transient ischemic attack (TIA) are not given clot busting drugs because their [...]
Are you constantly under stress and worried about getting a stroke? The good news is there's a certain kind of exercise that will dramatically lower your chance of getting a stroke. This type of exercise [...]
Could it be that chronic stress creates adverse changes in the brain that eventually lead to a stroke? An ischemic stroke is a blood clot in the brain that shuts off oxygen supply to the [...]
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