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‘I Wouldn’t Want to Wish This Upon Anybody’

March 25th, 2010 · 9 Comments

When Cynthia Rice told me, “I wouldn’t want to wish this upon anybody, especially with all the complications,” she was referring to the long and challenging road she and Jim, her husband of 16 years, have traveled prior to and following his successful liver transplant operation March 21, 2006.  After speaking with her at their [...]

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Depressing Future Awaits Companion Animals

February 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today, I read an article that appeared in yesterday’s Telegraph. It contained this disturbing news: More and more suicidal pets are being prescribed anti-depressants. This news comes only less than a week after a report in the New York Times about the antidepressant Prozac and its cousins, including Paxil and Zoloft, being linked to suicide [...]

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