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Veterinary medicine Dec 28, 2024

Dogs and cats get diabetes, too—here's what to look out for and how to manage it

Learning a pet has diabetes can be a shock. Sadly, about 20% of diabetic cats and dogs are euthanized within a year of diagnosis due to the impacts on the pets' health and their owners' lifestyle and finances.

Agriculture May 30, 2024

Study shows slow-growth diet before breeding offers better long-range health in pigs

Borrowing a page from the dairy industry, researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station found that a slow-growth diet meant more piglets and healthier and longer-lived momma pigs.

Veterinary medicine May 10, 2024

Life expectancy study reveals longest and shortest-lived cats

A team of pathobiologists at The Royal Veterinary College, in the U.K., working with a colleague from National Chung Hsing University, in Taiwan, has created a life expectancy chart for approximately 8,000 domestic cat breeds.

Plants & Animals Nov 1, 2023

What happens when cats get fat? Scientists weigh in

Cat owners want Kitty to be happy, but providing an abundance of food and snacks can have unintended consequences. Feline obesity is on the rise, impacting the health, longevity, and well-being of cats. A new study from the ...

Plants & Animals Oct 17, 2023

Study reveals surprising insights into dog sterilization, obesity

As researchers continue to delve into the effects—both negative and positive—of spaying and neutering dogs, data included in a recent scientific publication in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association indicate ...

Social Sciences Feb 24, 2023

Misogyny in policing: How some male officers abuse their power over female victims and colleagues

The case of David Carrick, a serial rapist and a serving officer in the Metropolitan Police Service, is the latest shocking example of violence against women committed by the police.

Social Sciences Oct 18, 2022

Study: Women avoid looking at Instagram images that reflect their own areas of insecurity

Instagram users avoid images that reflect their own feelings of insecurity, research has found.

Environment Sep 16, 2021

More aquatic foods could be key to improving global health

Not all food is created equal. So-called blue foods—a diverse range of aquatic animals, plants and microorganisms—offer significantly more nutrients than land-based crops and livestock, according to a first-of-its-kind database ...

Social Sciences Mar 26, 2021

Parents, sex education begins at home

In recent days, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Australians the treatment of women is not "of a scale that any government can simply change, it is something we must change as a society."

Plants & Animals Jan 27, 2021

Not obese after all: Captive Asian elephants less fat than average human

When Daniella Chusy, currently at Indiana University, U.S., learned that many captive elephants were thought to be overweight and that their low birth rates suggested that they may be facing a fertility crisis, she began ...

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