New data published in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy suggests the impact of a service dog may extend beyond the recipient and have positive impacts on family members as well.

Limiting consumption of ultra-processed foods may be an effective strategy for obesity prevention and treatment.

Meanwhile… down in Australia, cute little Koalas are being threatened with extinction.

A study of prostate cancer finds “aneuploid” tumors are more likely to be lethal than tumors with normal tissue.

A new MIT study suggests that a twenty-four hour fast can be very helpful to an otherwise healthy person.

The prevention of food allergy is a key priority for reducing the burden of allergic disease. The study suggests that dog ownership in infancy may prevent food allergy.

Guidelines geared to keep staff exposure to minimum.

Seven percent of the recipes called for ingredients that are potentially toxic to cats, including garlic or garlic powder, onions and leeks.

A new strain of canine distemper virus has been identified in wild animals in New Hampshire and Vermont, according to New Hampshire veterinary pathologist, Dr. David Needle.

Meanwhile…under the sea.

Gallup’s latestl update shows Americans were more likely to be stressed and worried than much of the world. In fact, the 55% of Americans who experienced stress was one of the highest rates out of the 143 countries studied and it beat the global average (35%) by a full 20 percentage points.

The magnetic microrobots, inspired by bacterial propulsion, could help to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to delivering drugs with nanoparticles: getting the particles to exit blood vessels and accumulate in the right place.

Results from a study suggest that the canine OVH model can increase student’s surgical confidence.

Another reason to promote dog ownership!

207 dogs participated in the study.  Study results showed that most dogs’ cortisol: creatinine ratios dropped significantly during their fostering stay

This case describes the use of a SUB device for management of traumatic proximal ureteral injury in a cat with one kidney.  

Drug-induced fever secondary to anticonvulsants should be considered in patients that develop a fever after starting anticonvulsant therapy.

Study created a process to help determine how effectively we could predict which dogs would graduate as assistance dogs or be released from the program for behavioral reason.

The study found that mixed breed dogs and purebred dogs potentially suffer from many of the same inherited disorders, and that around two in five dogs carried at least one of the screened conditions.

Enteropathogens were commonly detected in dogs frequenting dog parks, and infection with Giardia correlated with fecal consistency.