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http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/09/03/547420275/pets-deserve-evidence-based-medicine-too-says-the-skeptvet
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Pet owners need to know the pros and cons of health care options for their pets to make good decisions. “Skeptic” doesn’t mean someone who automatically rejects new or unfamiliar ideas. It’s someone who refrains from judging a claim until they have examined the evidence dispassionately — someone who gives preference to scientific evidence over personal experience, anecdote, tradition or history.

That’s particularly critical on the Internet, where information about alternative therapies is most often marketing information. Or it’s provided by people who obviously believe in these therapies and don’t necessarily want to disclose their limitations. Pet owners who have a negative experience with a therapy rarely bother to tell anybody else about it.

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