Archive for February, 2010

The science of associating something with an activity is known as classical conditioning. The best example is the experiment conducted by Pavlov. Whenever he served food to his dog, he used to ring a bell. Read the rest of this entry »

Owners outraged over botched surgeries, medication errors, misdiagnoses
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By JoNel Aleccia Health writer
msnbc.com

Jared Genser was a day away from euthanizing his family dog,  Finnegan, when the Washington, D.C. lawyer discovered that the  lab’s diagnosis of a painful and deadly bone cancer was wrong.

Jenn Diederich of Riverton, Utah, sent her dog, Ted, for surgery  to repair a torn ligament in a right rear leg, only to find that  the veterinarian had operated on the left leg instead.

And Stefani Olsen of Silver Spring, Md., returned from a weekend  business trip to discover that the clinic where she’d boarded her  elderly diabetic cat, Toonces, had overdosed him with 10 times the  amount of insulin he needed, leaving the animal blind, wracked with  seizures and suffering from severe brain damage that lasted until  his death.

“It goes beyond heartbreak,” said Olsen, a 45-year-old health  information technician who’d had the 15-year-old cat since he  was a kitten. Read the rest of this entry »

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Top 10 Pet Poisons of 2009
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1. Human Medications

For several years, human medications have been number one on the  ASPCA’s list of common hazards, and 2009 was no exception. Last  year, the ASPCA managed 45,816 calls involving prescription and  over-the-counter drugs such as painkillers, cold medications,  antidepressants and dietary supplements.  Read the rest of this entry »