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Feline Virus, Antiviral Drug Studied To Understand Drug Resistance (October 12, 2007) -- Researchers will spend the next two years testing their theories about just how an AIDS-like virus in cats is able to resist the powerful medicines that are thrown against it. It's one of the latest ... > full story

Saber-toothed Cat Was More Like A Pussycat Than A Tiger (October 2, 2007) -- In public imagination, the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon ranks alongside Tyrannosaurus rex as the ultimate killing machine. Powerfully built, with upper canines like knives, Smilodon was a fearsome ... > full story

Asthma Linked To Allergies, NIH Study (October 1, 2007) -- Researchers have found that more than 50 percent of the current asthma cases in the country can be attributed to allergies, with approximately 30 percent of those cases attributed to cat allergy. ... > full story

Ancient Egyptians Mummified Their Cats With Utmost Care (September 13, 2007) -- Examination of Egyptian mummies has shown that animals such as cats and crocodiles were given a far more careful and expensive trip to the afterlife than previously thought. Mummification was crucial ... > full story

Secondhand Smoke Is A Health Threat To Pets (September 3, 2007) -- It has been in the news for years about how secondhand smoke is a health threat to nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke is attributed with killing thousands of adult nonsmokers annually. If smoking is that ... > full story

Cats Do Suffer From Arthritis, Study Shows (August 29, 2007) -- New research at the University of Glasgow has found that arthritis in cats is far more common than previously thought. Professor David Bennett in the University's Vet School, has found that as many ... > full story

Sharks' 'Bite Force' Under The Spotlight (August 28, 2007) -- A biologist is analyzing the "bite force" and feeding mechanics of great white sharks. Earlier this summer he traveled to Australia to dissect a rare 8-foot great white shark, and help create the ... > full story

Deadly Nipah Virus Can Be Transmitted To Offspring During Pregnancy (August 26, 2007) -- Scientists have demonstrated an important biological feature of the deadly Nipah virus that can infect and kill both animals and humans. They reported the first experimental evidence that Nipah virus ... > full story

Tracking Feline Memories On The Move (August 24, 2007) -- When a cat steps over an obstacle with its front legs, how do its hind legs know what to do? A new study reveals that it is the foreleg stepping movement itself that leaves a lasting impression. By ... > full story

Cat Disease Linked To Flame Retardants In Furniture And To Pet Food (August 16, 2007) -- A mysterious epidemic of thyroid disease among pet cats in the United States may be linked to exposure to dust shed from flame retardants in household carpeting, furniture, fabrics and pet food, ... > full story

Three-legged Sumatran Tiger Photographed (July 6, 2007) -- A camera trap set up in an Indonesian national park has photographed an endangered Sumatran tiger that appears to have escaped from a ... > full story

Wolves Of Alaska Became Extinct 12,000 Years Ago, Scientists Report (July 5, 2007) -- The ancient gray wolves of Alaska became extinct some 12,000 years ago, and the wolves in Alaska today are not their descendents but a different subspecies, an international team of scientists ... > full story

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The First Aid Companion for Dogs & Cats (Prevention Pets)
It's every pet owner's nightmare: suddenly your four-legged friend isn't breathing. What to do? There is no 911 for pets, so it's up to you to save a life. The First Aid Companion for Dogs & Cats is ... > read more

Cancer in Dogs & Cats: Medical & Surgical Management
Biology of cancer...principles of diagnosis...using ultrasound, CT and MRI...chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy protocols and treatment results...clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment for ... > read more

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Ed (Missing Manual)
You can set your watch to it: As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover it with a wealth of detail. The ... > read more

Hatshepsut : From Queen to Pharaoh (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
The female pharaoh Hatshepsut reigned for nearly twenty years during Egypt’s early New Kingdom in the fifteenth century B.C. First acting as regent for her young nephew/stepson Thutmose III, ... > read more

The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad : The Lost Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia
At once heartbreaking and inspiring, this remarkable art book seeks to document what was lost when 15,000 objects at Baghdad's Iraq Museum were lost in the 2003 war and the ongoing art destruction. ... > read more

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Harper Perennial P.S. Edition)
On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous ... > read more

Heal Your Heart : The New Rice Diet Program for Reversing Heart Disease Through Nutrition, Exercise, and Spiritual Renewal
"Heal Your Heart combines the best of ancient spiritual wisdom and the best of modern nutrition to provide a holistic program for real living." — Morton T. Kelsey, Professor Emeritus, ... > read more

Get the Facts on Anyone (Get the Facts on Anyone)3rd Edition
Looking for a long-lost friend? Perhaps siblings separated at early ages? Or what if you'd like to know more about a prospective tenant or employee? Get the Facts on Anyone can help. Investigative ... > read more

Pain Free : A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain
Pete Egoscue learned a lot about pain when, as a Marine officer, he was wounded in Vietnam. He segued from patient to physical therapist, and now runs a famous clinic in San Diego, where he claims ... > read more

The Fabric of the Cosmos : Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (Vintage)
As a boy, Brian Greene read Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus and was transformed. Camus, in Greene's paraphrase, insisted that the hero triumphs "by relinquishing everything beyond immediate ... > read more