Every pet parent knows that look—when your companion's eyes tell you they're not feeling their best, and conventional medicine hasn't quite hit the mark. Whether it's the senior cat who can no longer jump to their favorite perch or the dog wincing when climbing into the car, watching our pets struggle can leave us searching [...]

There are 2 types of diabetes mellitus, type-1 and type-2, with the former being produced by the decreased production of insulin due to disorders of the pancreatic β-cells, while the latter is caused by the disorder of the regulation of blood glucose concentrations due to reduced release of insulin and also decreased sensitivity to insulin. [...]

In animals and humans, asthma is a common chronic disease with a multi-factorial etiology and only partially understood mechanism. Most of the currently available treatments, such as anti-inflammatory drugs and muscle relaxants, do not prevent, and in most cases inhibit, the natural progression of asthma. Therefore many asthma sufferers (both animal and human) turn to [...]

Asthma is the result of inflammation of the airways that subsequently leads to bronchoconstriction and airway hyper-responsiveness. Several studies have reported that acupuncture treatment has an immunomodulatory effect (via inflammatory cells and cytokines) in asthma. Previous research dealing with asthma and acupuncture has indicated that acupuncture down-regulates the expression of pro-inflammatory proteins and up-regulates the [...]

It is virtually impossible to turn on the television at night for more than one hour and not see a commercial for the treatment of IBS. What most people don’t recognize is that IBS can also be present in animals. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic functional gastrointestinal condition that is usually characterized [...]

Although the assessment and management of acute pain in animals has advanced considerably, chronic pain is still underestimated and, therefore, under treated, because the diagnosis is complex and treatment is limited (1). Validated tools have been developed for evaluation of acute (2) and chronic pain (3-6), and although acute pain is well-evaluated by veterinarians (2), [...]