VetZone Podcasting

We are in a continual battle to protect our fragile alveoli every day.  Escaping into a climate controlled building can protect us from criteria air pollutants, but puts us at risk for a much more dangerous gas. 

Small protein messages between cells, called cytokines, can protect us from infection, help address current infections, and on occasion, can even kill us. Learn more about a few important cytokines and their roles in vaccines, vaccine responses, infection, and something called "Cytokine Storms."

On occasion, some infectious diseases appear to strike harder at the population we least expect, the young and previously healthy individuals. Learn one of the mechanisms for this situation and how the disease that killed more people than World War 1 is still taking the lives of young adults and canines today. 

Ah, spring.  It is the best of times, it is the worst of mosquitoes.  It is the season of light, it is the season of disease.  While Dickens described the French Reign of Terror, we will discuss the mosquito Reign of Terror organizing in your backyard.

By understanding the definitions and relationships of standard error, standard deviation, confidence intervals and p-values, clinicians can better plot their trajectory through studies and towards the truth. Learn about these defintions in a fun and painless 5 min podcast. :) 

In the previous two posts, we learned about the criteria air pollutants, and the harm they cause to your health and the environment.  In the third and final post, we will discuss ways to reduce the impact these particles have on your life.

Protecting workers from occupational hazards is a complex process.  Workplace injuries cost industry billions of dollars every year in lost production and medical expenses.  To help combat this, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) developed the Hierarchy of Control to provide a framework for implementing control measures.  We will cover each control method, starting with the most effective and protective.

Trying to learn the agencies of the US government related to public health is no small task.  It turns into alphabet soup rather quickly.  Hopefully, we can shed some light on the topic, and clear up any confusion.  There are many departments within the federal government.  There is a hierarchy of organization for each department.  

 

After the recent loss of my beloved gelding, the topic of secondary toxicosis in wildlife came to mind.  Digging a grave in dry, hard ground in December is never fun.  Thankfully, my neighbor was kind enough to lend me his backhoe and his dad.  He did question why the hole needed to be 8-10 feet deep.  It was easy for me to switch to veterinary preventive medicine mode and explain the effects of the euthanasia solution on any potential wildlife scavengers.

 

In the last post, we introduced the six criteria air pollutants.  In this installment, we delve deeper into their malicious nature, and the damage they can do to life and property.