Dr. Jane
February 16, 2022
By Talya Meyers one of dr Pete Cathcart’s first days practicing street medicine, on a blazing-hot Nashville summer day, wasn’t about blood pressure checks or wound care. Instead, it was about building relationships. Toting a “heavy” Direct Relief emergency medical pack, he and a patient navigator made their way from site to site in the heat, looking for people experiencing …
Dr. Jane
December 28, 2021
Rochester vet Dr. Christine Vogel, thought it was time to speak out. It wasn’t just the rudeness and bad behavior that veterinarians and receptionists at client veterinary clinics had to deal with, but it was the real harm it did to the industry. “What I joke with a lot of people is essentially somewhere between social media and the idea …
They say cats are humans too – which could be true in more profound ways than previously thought. A well-known feline geneticist published a new article in the journal Trends in Genetics calling for researchers to consider cats as subjects. “The use of cats in research is really being overlooked as people fail to see the benefits,” said Leslie Lyons …
Given the number of opiates available and the different methods of administration available, choosing the best analgesic or premedication plan for patients can be overwhelming. As a result, it is easy to get used to using just one or a few protocols for each patient. At this week’s Fetch dvm360® virtual conference, Katrina Lafferty, RLAT, CVT, VTS (Anesthesia / Analgesia) …
Dr. Jane
February 5, 2021
Vor drei Jahren, als ich im sonnengewärmten Wasser der Florida Keys watete, spürte ich eine scharfe Prise und sah überrascht auf meine Füße hinunter. Meine Freundin Jen und ich waren für ein Wochenende mit starkem kubanischen Kaffee und Hemingways Sechszehenkatzen von Miami heruntergefahren. Von so warmem und aquamarinem Wasser verführt, dass es fast ein Klischee war, hatten wir an einem …