It’s July, and the 4th is nearly here. We like to drink iced tea in the heat of the summer, and in my cupboard are tea bags blended especially for making iced tea, made by Luziana. They are extra large and when brewed, make a noticeably smoother cup of tea than my old Lipton tea …
xylitol
Keith is a former college basketball player and retired physical education teacher who’s still fit and active at 85 years young. When he came in last week he showed me his new bottle of medicine, Vesicare®, a drug marketed for overactive bladder. His urologist had prescribed it to him to decrease the number of times …
I had the pleasure last week of interviewing Dr. Donna Mensching, DVM, the head of a new national pet poison center called VET PETS based near my home in Washington State. One of the most surprising things I learned was how dangerous the sugar substitute xylitol is to dogs. Dr. Mensching explained that xylitol poisons …