Heart Rate Depression Due to Anesthesia – Understanding the Cause
In veterinary medicine when the technician is anesthetizing a patient with an inhalant anesthetic, the complete anesthetic protocol could include an anticholinergic to thwart ...
ACL Repair Advancement
ACL repair is a common ailment for not only humans but our canine companions. The traditional repair requires bone drilling, ligament graft, screws, and physical therapy. The ...
Paralyzed Patients Move Again With New Brian Implant
A 24 year old man had received a brain implant that has him moving not only his fingers, hold items, and even play guitar hero in a previously paralyzed arm. Via electrodes to ...
Metabolic Syndrome Slowed With Beer Compound
Beer is not normally associated with weight loss but a new study in mice may change that view. Metabolic syndrome issues such as obesity, type II diabetes, and high ...
Heart Disease, Gut Microbes, and Red Wine
The gut microbiota may play a larger role in preventing heart disease than formerly thought and it is getting help from an old anti-heart disease friend, red wine. Red wine ...
Canine Companions for PTSD Sufferers
Any pet owner will tell you that owning a pet reduces stress but what if your stress goes beyond a spreadsheet deadline or how your presentation may go on Monday? PTSD is ...
Osteoporosis Help From Tequila?
Tequila staves off osteoporosis? Well, not quite but a new study in mice is showing that eating blue agave, a major ingredient in Mexican tequila, can stave off osteoporosis. ...
Biomedical Outreach – Spreading the Word
Today marks an important day in history as the first ever Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) and veterinary schools across the country are getting together to spread the ...
Canine Parvo Virus – Jumping Species
Anyone in the veterinary industry can tell you that Canine Parvo Virus (CPV) can be deadly to our pups. Since it’s rise in the 1970’s we have kept it relatively at ...
Grizzlies Making a Come Back With Research Help
While the debate and legal issues over de-listing grizzly bears from the endangered species list, for scientists, the show must go on. As part of the Endangered Species Act, ...