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Priorities for Research in Spinal Cord Injury
Priorities for Research in Spinal Cord Injury Research on spinal cord injuries aims to prevent, minimize, or repair neural tissue damage, reduce the sequelae of injury, and improve function. While animals have been used by a number of investigators, other avenues of resear |
Diet and Alzheimer's Disease
Diet and Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative illness characterized by a gradual decline in memory and other cognitive and behavioral abilities, leading to occupational and social impairment. The most common form of dementia in the United States, AD |
The Washington Post Covers Dr. Barnard’s New Blog
Dr. Barnard’s Blog launched this spring. And already, The Washington Post has covered it, and thousands of people shared it on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites. If you’re not one of the thousands sharing and reading Dr. Barnard’s Blog, you missed this excerpt from his post titled &ldqu |
McDonald’s Staff Asked to Join this Month’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart
Did you watch Kickstart Your Health on PBS? Now try the online program that inspired the show and the book 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart. Sign up now to join this April’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. We’ve even invited McDonald’s employees. On April 4, Bob Harper is back with our veteran team of 21-Da |
Vegan Diet Support Resources
Want to learn more about a vegan diet? Have questions? Looking for support? PCRM offers resources, educational programs, and literature to promote good nutrition for disease prevention. However, Dr. Barnard and PCRM's team of dietitians and health care professionals are unable to offer medical diagnoses, treatment |
The Cancer Project Update
The Cancer Project Update New Instructors, New Opportunities Twenty-three new instructors have joined The Cancer Project in the last six months, extending the organization’s reach to five more states: Alabama, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Wisconsin. Not only will the important message of good nut |
Studies Verify Link between Diet and Type 2 Diabetes
Three long-term studies published in Archives of Internal Medicine show how food choices lead to type 2 diabetes. Researchers at Boston University followed 43,960 African American women over 10 years, and found that type 2 diabetes developed more often among those who consumed more sweetened beverages. Researchers |
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RESEARCH ETHICS Mice Are Not Men…Or Women Much of what government regulators thought they knew about the health effects of industrial chemicals, such as PCBs, came from rodent experiments an |
Anger and Heart Disease
Men who rate themselves as generally angry on questionnaires given early in life are, by the age of 55, three times more likely to have heart disease and six times more likely to have a heart attack (myocardial infarction), compared to other men. The Johns Hopkins University study appears in today's Archive |
Physical Inactivity Does Not Cause Weight Gain in Children
Lack of physical activity is not the cause of weight gain in children, according to a study in Archives of Diseases in Childhood. Researchers measured physical activity and body fat percentage in 202 children annually from age 7 to age 10. The amount of physical activity did not result in changes in body fat. Although |
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ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION The Heartbeat of Technology Digital animation is allowing heart surgeons to practice complex surgeries without risk to their human patients. The CyberHeart, produced by New York University Me |
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DISCOVERIES ON DIET Vegetarian Kids Get an “A” In Nutrition A University of Minnesota study has shown that middle and high school students who followed a vegetarian diet were more likely to meet the objectives of Healthy People 2010, which includes U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic |
Celebrity Chefs and New Classes Teach Plant-Based Diabetes Prevention
The new season of the TV show Top Chef just started and it’s packed with celebrity chefs. In the show’s challenges, chefs typically create high-fat, cholesterol-laden meals—like the ones that have contributed to America’s diabetes epidemic. But last month, PCRM presented its own challenge to |
Some Foods Have Drug-Like Effects on the Brain
Some foods elicit reactions in the brain similar to those caused by recreational drugs, according to a new study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers examined magnetic resonance images of 48 healthy women who tasted chocolate milkshakes, finding that reaction patterns in the anterior cingula |
Sneak Preview of September's 21-Day Vegan Kickstart Website
More than 65,000 people have participated in PCRM’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. And more than 10,000 have signed up to experience the benefits of a vegan diet during the Kickstart that begins Sept. 6. If you want to feel better than ever, the online Kickstart program provides all the support you need to increase |
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