Monday, March 3rd, 2008
ensurApet, Inc. (OTCBB:EPTI), a provider of pet health insurance, announces that it anticipates becoming a leader in the rapidly growing US market for pet health insurance through a network of veterinary hospitals.
CEO Russell Smith stated, "The United States has the largest population of companion animals in the world, with some ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Owning a cat could reduce your risk of a heart attack by nearly one third, researchers told delegates of the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in New Orleans last week. The finding provoked a mixed reaction from heart experts and veterinarians.
The finding was the main result of a 10 ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Glucose monitors, test strips, and lancets: people with diabetes are all too familiar with the equipment used to test their blood glucose (sugar) levels. Now some people are adding a different kind of aid to their diabetes management regimen. The March 2008 issue of Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
When Temple Grandin argued that animals and autistic savants share cognitive similarities in her best-selling book Animals in Translation (2005), the idea gained steam outside the community of cognitive neuroscientists. Grandin, a professor of animal science whose best-selling books have provided an unprecedented look at the autistic mind, says her ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
The Ministry of Agriculture in China has confirmed there is an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Tibet, the second this year. This follows confirmation that a a 22 year old man from central China died of the virus last month.
Chinese authorities said the Tibetan outbreak started on 6th February, ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Researchers from Monash University and CSIRO Livestock Industries have demonstrated for the first time that alpha-toxin protein, long thought to be required for necrotic enteritis to develop, is not the main cause of the chicken disease. The study, published February 8 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, provides insight into ...
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