Good Health and Adoption Monday: Halo!, Labrador Retriever, New Milford, CT. Elvonda

Halo is a very special girl who came in to the shelter with a terribly injured leg which had to be amputated due to infection and severe ar...

Good Health and Useful Tips: Compounding at Home - DIY Medication Capsules. Elvonda

Some dogs accept medications well, some are quite finicky and some, like Jasmine was, couldn't be fooled. She accepted a pill hidden in ...

Good Health and John Stossel Discovers Health Care Dysfunction, Blames it on "Socialists" - Like Maurice Greenberg (AIG), John Thain (Merrill Lynch), Sanford Weill (Citigroup), and David H Koch? . Elvonda

We have been ranting for a while about the dysfunctionality of the US health care system.  Unfortunately, many people only realize how bad t...

Good Health and Top Veterinary Articles of the Week: Food Residue Syndrome, Stages of Heartworm Disease, and more .... Elvonda

The 5 Stages of Heartworm Disease in Pets Dr. Katy Nelson/petMD We all hear about heartworm disease and prevention a lot. But do you know ho...

Good Health and Veterinary Highlights: Diseases on the Rise. Elvonda

According to the latest Banfield report, diabetes rate in dogs is soaring. Since 2006 there has been 79.7% increase, which makes is 23.6 dog...

Good Health and Lown Institute/ Right Care Alliance 2016 Conference. Elvonda

I am back from the annual Lown Institute / Right Care Alliance meeting in Chicago.  A considerable part of the meeting was devoted to issue...

Good Health and Reasonable Expectations: Discussion of All Options Regardless of Cost. Elvonda

by Nancy Kay, DVM  Veterinarians wear many different hats when they are in the exam room. It�s a given they provide medical care for their p...