A new study of 601 older adults found that those with higher serointensity -- or a higher concentration of antibiodies -- to the cat-borne parasite Toxoplasma gondii are more likely to show signs of ...

Dear Dr. Fox: Our 8-year-old neutered male cat, Tiger, was prescribed a seven-day course of Clavamox for a urinary tract infection, as he was urinating blood outside his litter box. Less than two ...

The first thing that most cat families recognize when their cat has a urinary tract infection is straining in the litter box, urinating outside the box, or not being able to urinate at all. Some will ...

Do you start worrying the moment you hear your cat sneeze? Perhaps you brush it off, thinking it’s just a cold instead? In many cases, that initial worry period passes quickly as your cat bounces back ...

Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness, and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took a ...

Doctors in Portugal describe how the cat likely transmitted a germ that usually only causes swollen lymph nodes and fever. Reading time 2 minutes A teen girl’s kitten turned out to cause much more ...

A common, cat-borne parasite already associated with risk-taking behavior and mental illness in humans may also contribute to exhaustion, loss of muscle mass, and other signs of “frailty” in older ...