Take Another Look At Aspirin

Aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in human medicine. Most recently, it’s being looked at as a colon-cancer preventative of sorts, as it appears to reduce colon…

2002 WEG Postcard: Day Three

…of cancer after that, but her spirit is still with the team she loved so much. “Fiona’s watching today,” Sally said, and I agreed. She would have been enraptured by…

WEG 2002: Beverly Gray — U.S. Endurance

Horse: Paladin, 10-year-old Arabian gelding Home: Park City, Utah Beverly Gray rode into the endurance spotlight on AA Omner, a Hall of Fame endurance racer, Breyer Model and cancer survivor….

Make Massage Work For Your Horse

…your horse’s muscles will react and how he’ll feel afterward. Some problems, like shock or fever, diseases like cancer, and on a hot or swollen area should not be massaged….

Tackle Those Sarcoids

…for sarcoids. He can’t infect other horses with it. Sarcoids share features of both warts and tumorous, but not cancerous, growths. In their early stages, sarcoids grow slowly and don’t…

Purebred Mania

…to navicular disease in Quarter Horses; moonblindness and skin cancer in Appaloosas; and long necks in Thoroughbreds and roaring. Other problems will surface as we continue to assign inflated value…

Ask Horse Journal: 04/99

…this problem. Another rare cause of such problems is skin cancer. However, this wouldn’t respond to creams and is not likely in your case. In any event, the skin biopsy…

Habronemiasis

…and jack sores. The problem is most common in the Southeast United States This is a parasite problem that can range from minor to severe. Credit: Habronemiasis (swamp cancer). By…