Jun 23 2008
Cheryl Schwartz DVM1
EMOTIONAL IMBALANCE ASSOCIATED WITH FELINE ASTHMA
Asthma is a disease of the lungs which may be on the rise in cats partly due to toxic pollutants and other environmental causes. Asthma may also be associated with emotional issues.1 Many asthmatic cats I have seen come from rescue shelters and exhibit a deep fear of [...]
Jun 23 2008
Are Simeon Thoresen, DVM1
In 1984 I tried a new acupuncture method for mammary adenocarcinoma in a Dachshund with multiple tumors along the nipple line (the Stomach meridian) and dyspnea probably from lung metastases. 1 One acupoint, LIV-3, was treated because the Liver meridian is the controlling meridian of the Stomach meridian. In a few weeks [...]
Jun 23 2008
Huisheng Xie DVM, PhD[1]
According to the Animal Cancer Center, at Colorado State University, cancer is the most common natural cause of death in dogs and cats in the United States. Close to 50% of dogs and cats will develop cancer if they live ten years or longer. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been used for [...]