Feature Articles
JULY 10, 2013
Adopting an older pet
There’s no mistaking it, baby pets are adorable and many grow up to become magnificent companions. Unfortunately pet owners often forget the trouble involved with raising a pet from infancy, and overlook the countless mature dogs awaiting adoption from shelters and rescue organizations.
MULLET OVER BY JAMES K. WHITE | JULY 10, 2013
Inexpensive thrills
With the recent advances in genome analyses, some upsetting facts have been revealed. For instance, 69 percent of my genes are identical to that of the typical platypus duckbill. My spouse told me that information might explain my facial features.
DR. DAVE HEPBURN | JULY 10, 2013
Role model versus roll model
Should we as doctors be healthy role models to our youth? If we aren’t should we lose our jobs? Recently a raft of rather rotund doctors in Austria’s state-run clinics with a BMI (body mass index) over 25 received letters telling them to shape up or they’re fired! Fired for being fat. Fired for being a roll model.
