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Iatrogenic urinary disorders: How can you minimize them?
March 1st 2001The Greek term "iatros" means physician, and is derived from the word "iasthai", which means to heal or cure. In modern usage "iatro" connotes a relationship to medical or surgical treatments. The term iatrogenic contains the root word "iatros," and the root word "gennan" which means "to create or produce".
Finding your first job: Realizing your dreams
February 1st 2001It is time to go to work. You have been in school for nearly eight years and within a few months you will receive your veterinary degree and become a licensed veterinarian. Naturally you are eager to find a job. After all, you have devoted most of your time and effort toward reaching this goal.
Second in a three-part series: Non-competes hinge on 'rational terms'
February 1st 2001As we discussed last month, in this series covering issues relating to non-competition agreements, there are almost always hidden issues involved when a veterinarian agrees to limit the scope or location of his or her right to practice his or her profession.
Make plans for new capital gains rules
February 1st 2001In Brief-One provision of the 1997 tax law change is just starting to hit. New lower capital gains rates will apply to property held for more than five years. For taxpayers in the 15 percent bracket, an 8 percent capital gain rate will apply to gain from property held more than five years. Under the current rules, the rate is 10 percent. If you are in the above 15 percent bracket, you will not be able to cash in on the new 18 percent rate until 2006. One exception would allow a property to be marked to market at the beginning of 2001.A 1997 tax law changed taxation of capital gains. A variety of capital gain rates were established, depending on asset classification and taxpayer bracket. Rate application depended on the holding period of various assets through new definitions of short-, mid- and long-term holding.
Purdue ushers in pathogen tracking system; FDA wants thresholds for resistance
February 1st 2001Washington, D.C.-At presstime, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing new animal thresholds for antibiotic approvals, while a new Purdue University pilot program was just launched to monitor antibiotic resistance in companion and food animals.
MSU lab theft alerts nation on bioterrorism
November 1st 2East Lansing, Mich.-As experts report that United States' livestock and food crops are increasingly vulnerable to terror attacks, Michigan State University (MSU) officials tested the nation's emergency system when two vials of genetically altered bacteria turned up missing from a secured lab.