Showing 11 posts from March 2009
Well, in this post I want to give the readers some cutting edge new developments in dog cancer pain control.
For decades, morphine has been a good old standard in pain control, both in dog and human medicine. Many oncologists and veterinarians involved in treating dogs afflicted with cancer use morphine to help these patients.
New evidence [...]
Dog lovers will do anything they can to help their dog with a cancer. And you should! This can be one of the hardest times anyone will face.
Many times the effort helps, and other times it may not.
This, of course, is not due to any ill intention on the part of the dog’s human. Rather, [...]
In researching topics for expanded treatments of dog cancer, I have discovered surprises aplenty.
Because of the desire for options beyond surgery, chemo and radiation for dog cancer, I chose to look in areas that I would have ignored just a few years back.
One of the hottest topics in cancer research right now is the dietary [...]
In the last post, I introduced curcumin, a useful tool against cancer found in turmeric.
In this post we will look at some of the effects and practicalities in the use of this remarkable substance.
Safety should always be questioned. Curcumin is exceptionally safe when given by mouth. Read more here.
One of the complaints about it is [...]
Lymphosarcoma. Hemangiosarcoma. Osteosarcoma. Mast Cell Tumor. Nasal Tumor. Melanoma. Mammary Cancer.
All these words, so harsh, so foreign and scientific. And also, so horrible.
Do you love a dog with cancer? How are you dealing with this fact?
Upon reflection, some may not even allow the reality to sink in. You are telling me my dog has cancer? [...]
