The Dog Zombie

On the face of it, the recent changes to Texas state law appear to be a good idea, aimed at preventing non-veterinarians from practicing vet...

Today I was privileged to visit Dr. Greg Berns' laboratory to see awake dogs in an fMRI. In vet school, of course I saw dogs getting MRI...

I was just listening to a podcast about new health care technology using mobile phones. For example: someone wants to start eating healthier...

I got a great question from Christopher of Border Wars on my last post . He wrote: “From the data I’ve seen, shelter intakes are dropping i...

This past week I was at one of the largest shelters in the United States. At one point, I was standing by a door chatting with some of my co...

I am totally digging the first week of Social Epidemiology , a course on Coursera . (Quick summary of Coursera: free classes; you don’t have...

I was on the phone with my mom yesterday, and she asked what I was doing next week. “Going to a large shelter in [big Southern city,] ” I sa...