by Ken DeRouchie | Sep 27, 2008 | Articles, Issue 11, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
Although airbags in automobiles have helped reduce overall injuries and fatalities by 32 percent since they were introduced in the 1970s, airbag deployment sometimes causes eye injuries, with an estimated incidence of 5 percent. A 2007 study led by Sunil K. Rao, MD,...
by Ken DeRouchie | Sep 27, 2008 | Articles, Issue 11, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
Female vets run twice the risk of miscarriage as a result of exposure to anaesthetic gases and pesticides, suggests a study published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The findings prompt the authors to call for young female vets to be more clearly advised...
by Ken DeRouchie | Sep 26, 2008 | Articles, Issue 11, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Is Kansas’ First Line Of Defense Against Bird Flu If the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza ever comes to Kansas, diagnosticians at Kansas State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory will be the first to know. The lab, which...
by Ken DeRouchie | Sep 26, 2008 | Articles, Issue 11, Newsletter
I hope you find this issue as informative as previous issues and I hope to continue to give you the most recent up to date articles on health care and management concerns. In this issue, there is a profile on Dr. Vincent Dolce, DMD of Palm Beach, Florida written by...
by Ken DeRouchie | Sep 26, 2008 | Articles, Issue 11, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
Includes Unusual Species Adopted Into Human Households And Potential Hazards To Human Health Ferrets, frogs and finches are becoming more common as pets, but the list of unusual species adopted into human households now includes some of the most exotic creatures on...