In Fukushima, Japan, a prolonged refugee situation caused by a major nuclear incident after the earthquake of March 11, 2011 has led to the unintentional abandonment of many pets. We received stray or abandoned dogs from rescue centers in Fukushima Prefecture. During re-socialization training and health care, we accessed the behavioral characteristics and the urine cortisol level of each dog an...

son In his article ‘‘Pas d’éponyme pour les médecins nazis’’, Dr. Halioua called for the separation of eponyms associated with Nazi physicians from the diseases which carry their names [1]. I would like to echo this appeal. In some cases the responsibility the named physician had for human rights abuses and war crimes has been made very clear, as in the case of Hans Reiter. In others the direct...

A middle-aged, alcoholic, long term chronic pain patient, presented to his physician for medication management of his alcoholism. Vivitrol, an opiate receptor antagonist, used primarily in the management of alcohol dependence and opioid dependence, was administered to an opiatedependant patient. This action was determined by experts to be below the standard of care. The patient sustained a seve...