Doctors’ Forum Archive

Feb. 17, 2010: “Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe and Superathletes” featuring Chris McDougall, author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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Feb. 10: “The 2009 ADA Position Paper on Vegetarian Diet” featuring Reed Mangels, Ph.D., R.D.
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• Position of the American Dietetic Association: Vegetarian Diets (PDF)

Jan. 20, 2010: “Can Health Promotion Programs Save Medicare Money?” featuring Michael McGinnis, M.D.

• "Food Marketing to Youth: Threat or Opportunity?" by Michael McGinnis, M.D., et al.
• “Food Marketing to Children and Youth” Testimony by Michael McGinnis, M.D.
• “Can Health Promotion Programs Save Medicare Money?” Ron Z. Goetzel, et al.
• “Challenging Our Comfort Levels: Lifestyles, Research, and the Ongoing Legacy of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation” by Michael McGinnis, M.D.
• “IOM Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine”

Jan. 13, 2010: “Kickstart Your Health: Ask the Doc” featuring Jay Gordon, M.D., and Baxter Montgomery, M.D.
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Dec. 16, 2009: “The Genetics Revolution: Unexpected Surprises for Animal Experimentation” featuring John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C.

• “Impact of Genomic Neighborhood On Gene Expression” by Subhajyoti De, Sarah A. Teichmann, and M. Madan Babu
• “Epigenetic Differences Arise During the Lifetime of Monozygotic Twins” by Mario F. Fraga, et al.
• “Stumbling Towards Nirvana” by Richard Gallagher
• “FOXP2 Gene Shows Why We Can Talk, but Chimps Can’t Answer Back” by Mark Henderson
• “Structural Variation in the Human Genome” by Lars Feuk, Andrew R. Carson, and Stephen W. Scherer

Dec. 2, 2009: Should Doctors Be Regulated by State Mandates with John A. McDougall, M.D.
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• Proposed Legislation for Informed Consent on Heart Surgery by John A. McDougall, M.D.
• Proposed Legislation for Informed Consent on Diabetes by John A. McDougall, M.D.
• Passage of the Third Informed Consent Law on Breast Cancer in the United States: The Hawaii Experience (from The McDougall Program for Women by John A. McDougall, M.D.)

Nov. 18, 2009: Adult Heart Diseases Now Found in Children with Geetha Raghuveer, M.D., M.P.H.
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• "Lifetime Cardiovascular Risk of Childhood Obesity" by Geetha Raghuveer, M.D., M.P.H.
• "Variations in Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness During the Cardiac Cycle in Children" by Spencer Menees, Danna Zhang, M.S., Joseph Le, Jie Chen, Ph.D., Geetha Raghuveer, M.D., M.P.H.
• ""Vascular Age" is Advanced in Children with Atherosclerosis-Promoting Risk Factors" by Joseph Le, Danna Zhang, M.S., Spencer Menees, Jie Chen, Ph.D., Geetha Raghuveer, M.D., M.P.H.

Oct. 21, 2009: How to Reduce Medical Costs with George D. Lundberg, M.D.
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• “How to Rein in Medical Costs, RIGHT NOW” by George D. Lundberg, M.D.
• Additional resources available at www.LundbergInstitute.org

Sept. 16, 2009: Obesity, the Economy, and the Food Industry with David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D.
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• "Can the Food Industry Play a Constructive Role in the Obesity Epidemic?" by David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D., and Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H.
• "Obesity and the Economy: From Crisis to Opportunity" by David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D., and Harold A. Pollack, Ph.D.
• “Effects of a Low–Glycemic Load vs Low-Fat Diet in Obese Young Adult: A Randomized Trial” by Cara B. Ebbeling, Ph.D., et al.
• “The Expert Weighs In: How Can We Help Our Children Achieve and Maintain A Healthy Weight?” An interview with David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D.
• "The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages" by Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., et al.

Sept. 2, 2009: Nutrition and the Practice of Medicine with T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.
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• "It all starts with diet: Federal 'guidelines' are too fatty" by T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr.

Aug. 19, 2009: Can Fad Diets Affect Your Arteries? with Michael Miller, M.D.
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• "Comparative Effects of Three Popular Diets on Lipids, Endothelial Function, and C-Reactive Protein during Weight Maintenance" by Michael Miller, M.D., et al.

Aug. 5, 2009: Low-Carb and Vegan with David Jenkins, Ph.D.
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• "The Effect of a Plant-Based Low-Carbohydrate (“Eco-Atkins”) Diet on Body Weight and Blood Lipid Concentrations in Hyperlipidemic Subjects" by David Jenkins, Ph.D., et al.

July 1, 2009: Draize Test Controversies with Kristie Sullivan, M.P.H., PCRM’s scientific and policy adviser, and Rodger Curren, Ph.D., president of the Institute for In Vitro Sciences, Inc.
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• “Ocular Safety: A Silent (In Vitro) Success Story” by Rodger D. Curren, Ph.D., and John W. Harbell, Ph.D. (PDF)

June 17, 2009: Can a Vegetarian Diet Protect Against Type 2 Diabetes? with Serena Tonstad, M.D., Ph.D.

• “Type of Vegetarian Diet, Body Weight, and Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes” by Serena Tonstad, M.D., Ph.D., et al. (PDF)
  

June 3, 2009: The Truth About Swine Flu by Michael Greger, M.D.
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• "The Human/Animal Interface: Emergence and Resurgence of Zoonotic Infectious Diseases" by Michael Greger, M.D. (PDF)
• "The Long Haul: Risks Associated with Livestock Transport" by Michael Greger, M.D. (PDF)
• "CDC Confirms Ties to Virus First Discovered in U.S. Pig Factories" by Michael Greger, M.D.
• "What You Should Know about Swine Flu: Q&A with Dr. Michael Greger"

May 6, 2009: Can Soy Protect Against Prostate Cancer? by Lin Yan, Ph.D.
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• "Soy Consumption and Prostate Cancer Risk in Men: a Revisit of a Meta-Analysis" by Lin Yan, Ph.D., and Edward Spitznagel

April 15, 2009: Soy Controversies: Your Questions Answered by Mark Messina, Ph.D.
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• “Soy Isoflavones, Estrogen Therapy, and Breast Cancer Risk: Analysis and Commentary” by Mark Messina, Ph.D., and Charles Wood, D.V.M., Ph.D. (PDF)
• “Phytoestrogens and Breast Cancer: a Complex Story” by W. G. Helferich, J. E. Andrade, and M. S. Hoaglan (PDF)
• “Soy Isoflavones and Risk of Cancer Recurrence in a Cohort of Breast Cancer Survivors: the Life After Cancer Epidemiology study” by Neela Guha, et al. (PDF)

April 1, 2009: Iron and Cancer Risk with Leo R. Zacharski, M.D.
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• “Decreased Cancer Risk after Iron Reduction in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease” (PDF)

March 18, 2009: Can Diet Prevent Dementia? with Martha Morris, Sc.D.
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• "Associations of Vegetable and Fruit Consumption with Age-related Cognitive Change" by Martha Morris, Sc.D., et al. (PDF)

Feb. 18, 2009: Diet and MS: Is there a link? with John McDougall, M.D.
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• "Review of MS Patient Survival on a Swank Low Saturated Fat Diet" by Roy L. Swank, M.D., Ph.D., and James Goodwin, Ph.D. (PDF)
• "Interferon Beta in Multiple Sclerosis: How Much BENEFIT?" by Sean J. Pittock, M.D. (PDF)

Feb. 4, 2009: Carbohydrate Controversies in Diabetes Management with Marion J. Franz, R.D., L.D., C.D.E.
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• "The Role of Carbohydrates in Insulin Resistance" by Daniel H. Bessesen, M.D. (PDF)
• "Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines for Diabetes and Scope and Standards of Practice" by Marion J. Franz, R.D., L.D., C.D.E., et al (PDF)
• "Restricted-Carbohydrate Diets in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis" by Julienne K. Kirk, Pharm.D., et al. (PDF)

Jan. 21, 2009: Can an ‘Army of Women’ Revolutionize Breast Cancer Research? with Susan Love, M.D.
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• "Leading an Army of Women Against Breast Cancer" by Barbara Basler
• "'Army of Women' Unite for Breast Cancer Cure" by Laura Marquez
  

Jan. 7, 2009: The Seventh-day Adventist Health Studies: Diet, Cancer, Heart Disease, and Mortality with Gary Fraser, Ph.D. 
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• "Associations Between Diet and Cancer, Ischemic Heart Disease, and All-Cause Mortality in Non-Hispanic White California Seventh-day Adventists" by Gary Fraser, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. (PDF)
• “Ten Years of Life. Is it a Matter of Choice?” by Gary Fraser, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., and David J. Shavlik, M.S.P.H. (PDF)
• “Dietary Risk Factors for Colon Cancer in a Low-Risk Population” by Pramil N. Singh, Dr.PH., and Gary Fraser, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. (PDF)

Dec. 17, 2008: The “CHIP” Program: Coronary Health Improvement Program with Hans Diehl, Dr.H.Sc., M.P.H., F.A.C.N., C.N.S.
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• “Effects of an Intensive Diet and Physical Activity Modification Program on the Health Risks of Adults” by Steven G. Aladana, Ph.D., et al. (PDF)
• “Rationale and Design of the Rockford CHIP” by Hans A. Diehl, Dr.H.Sc., M.P.H., and Roger L. Greenlaw, M.D. (PDF)

Dec. 3, 2008: Signs of Progress in the Fight to End Animal Testing with John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C.

• "'MAP' for Improving Drug Testing: Mandatory Alternatives Petition Urges FDA to Require Use of Replacements to Animal Testing" by John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C.
• “Medical Research Without Animals: Can We Get There?” John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C. (PDF)
• “Medical Progress Depends on Animal Models—Doesn’t It?” by Robert A.J. Matthews (PDF)
• "Medical Schools Swap Pigs for Plastic" by Meredith Wadman (PDF)

Oct. 15, 2008: Physicians and Climate Change with Erica Frank, M.D., M.P.H.

• “Physician Health and Patient Care” by Erica Frank, M.D. (PDF)

Oct. 1, 2008: Diet and Colon Cancer with Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, M.D., M.P.H.

• “Impact of Physical Activity on Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer: Findings from CALGB 89803” by Jeffrey A Meyerhardt, M.D., M.P.H., et al. (PDF)
• “Association of Dietary Patterns with Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer” by Jeffrey A Meyerhardt, M.D., M.P.H., et al. (PDF)

Sept. 17, 2008: Over-prescription of Drugs in U.S. Health Research with John Abramson, M.D.

• “The Effect of Conflict of Interest on Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice Guidelines: Can We Trust the Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine?” by John Abramson, M.D., M.S.F.P., et al. (PDF)
• “From Osteoporosis to Heart Disease: What the Research Really Shows About Staying Healthy” – an excerpt from Overdosed America by John Abramson, M.D., M.S.F.P. (PDF)
• “Are Lipid-Lowering Guidelines Evidence-Based?” by John Abramson, M.D., M.S.F.P.(PDF)

Sept. 3, 2008: Pediatric Vegan Nutrition with Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D.

• Bone Health in Children by Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D. (PDF)
• Calcium, Dairy Products, and Bone Health in Children and Young Adults: A Reevaluation of the Evidence by Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D., et al. (PDF)

Aug. 20, 2008: Nutrient Changes When Adopting a Vegan Diet with Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, M.S., R.D.

• Effects of a Low-Fat Vegan Diet and a Step II Diet on Macro- and Micronutrient Intakes in Overweisth and Postmenopausal Women (PDF)
• A Two-Year Ramndomized Weight Loss Trial Comparing a Vegan Diet to a More Moderate Low-Fat Diet (PDF)

July 2, 2008: Physician Health and Patient Care with Erica Frank, M.D., M.P.H.

• “Physician Health and Patient Care” by Erica Frank, M.D., M.P.H. (pdf)

June 18, 2008: Effectiveness of Group Care with Brent Jaster, M.D.

• Web site for Dr. Jaster’s health care organization: www.JasterHealth.com
• “Effectiveness of a Group Outpatient Visit Model for Chronically Ill Older Health Maintenance Organization Members: A 2-Year Randomized Trial of the Cooperative Health Care Clinic” by John C. Scott, et al. (PDF)
• “A 5-Year Randomized Controlled Study of Learning, Problem Solving Ability, and Quality of Life Modifications in People With Type 2 Diabetes Managed by Group Care” by Marina Trento, et al. (PDF)
• “Group Prenatal Care and Perinatal Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial” [Manuscript] by Jeannette R. Ickovics, et al. (PDF)
• “Group Prenatal Care and Perinatal Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial” [Final article] by Jeannette R. Ickovics, et al. (PDF)

June 4, 2008: Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study with John Pierce, Ph.D.
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• “Influence of a Diet Very High in Vegetables, Fruit, and Fiber and Low in Fat on Prognosis Following Treatment for Breast Cancer” by John Pierce, Ph.D., et al. (PDF)

May 21, 2008: Lifestyle Trials on Heart Disease and Prostate Cancer with Dean Ornish, M.D.
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• “Angina pectoris and atherosclerotic risk factors in the multisite cardiac lifestyle intervention program” by Dean Ornish, M.D., et al. (PDF)
• “Relationship of dietary protein and soy isoflavones to serum IGF-1 and IGF binding proteins in the prostate cancer lifestyle trial” by Dean Ornish, M.D., et al. (PDF)

May 7, 2008: Extraordinary Memory of Chimpanzees with Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Ph.D.
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• "Working memory of numerals in chimpanzees" by Sana Inoue and Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Ph.D. (PDF)
• Video Summary of Memory Research (wmv)

April 16, 2008: Ethical Implications of Animal Research with Peter Singer, B.A., M.A., B.Phil.
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• “Equality for Animals” - an excerpt from Practical Ethics by Peter Singer (HTML)
• “Proving the Obvious” - an excerpt from Animal Liberation: A Graphic Guide by Peter Singer (HTML)

April 2, 2008: Low-Fat Diet and Cancer Incidence in Women with Ross Prentice, Ph.D.
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• “Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Cancer Incidence in the Women’s Health Initiative Dietary Modification Randomized Controlled Trial” by Ross Prentice, Ph.D., et al. (PDF)
• “The Women’s Health Initiative: Lessons Learned” by Ross Prentice, Ph.D. and Garnet Anderson, Ph.D. (PDF)
• “Data from the Women’s Health Initiative” by Ross Prentice, Ph.D. (Powerpoint)

March 20, 2008: Nutrition and the AMA Legislative Agenda with Ronald M. Davis, M.D.
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• “Delivering and ounce (or more) of prevention in your office” by Ronald M. Davis, M.D. (PDF)
• “To partner or perish? That is the question” by Ronald M. Davis, M.D. (PDF)
• “Exercise: a dose of medicine we all can use” by Ronald M. Davis, M.D. (Word doc)
• “Healthy meetings and conferences: Let’s practice what we preach” by Ronald M. Davis, M.D. (Word doc)
• “Reducing alcohol abuse and underage drinking” by Ronald M. Davis, M.D. (Word doc)

March 19, 2008: Health Effects of Soy with Alison M. Duncan, Ph.D.
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• “Phytoestrogens” chapter from Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism by Alison Duncan, Ph.D., et al. (PDF)
• “Effect of soy protein varying in isoflavone content on serum lipids in healthy young men” by Alison Duncan, Ph.D., et al. (PDF)

February 20, 2008: Dietary Portfolio for Heart Health with David J.A. Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. Listen to this presentation (wav)

• “Effects of a Dietary Portfolio of Cholesterol-Lowering Foods vs Lovastatin on Serum Lipids and C-Reactive Protein” by David J.A. Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. (PDF)
• “Assessment of the longer-term effects of a dietary portfolio cholesterol-lowering foods in hypercholesterolemia” by David J.A. Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. (PDF)

January 16, 2008: The World is Fat with Barry Popkin, Ph.D.
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• “Global nutrition dynamics: the world is shifting rapidly toward a diet linked with noncommunicable diseases” by Barry Popkin, Ph.D. (PDF)
• “The world is fat” by Barry Popkin, Ph.D. (PDF)
• “The prevalence of overweight and obesity” by Barry Popkin, Ph.D. (Powerpoint)

December 19, 2007: The Glycemic Index with Jennie Brand-Miller, Ph.D.
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• “The glycemic index as a measure of health and nutritional quality: an Australian perspective” by Jennie Brand-Miller, Ph.D. (PDF)
• “Comparison of 4 diets of varying glycemic load on weight loss and cardiovascular risk reduction in overweight and obese young adults” by Joanna McMillan-Price, et al. (PDF)
• “Glycemic Index” by Jennie Brand-Miller, Ph.D. (Powerpoint)

December 5, 2007: Broccoli and Cancer Prevention, with Paul Talalay, M.D.
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• Sulforaphane mobilizes cellular defenses that protect skin against damage by UV radiation”
  by Paul Talalay, M.D., et al. (PDF)
• “Summary of findings” by Paul Talalay, M.D. (Word doc)

November 7, 2007: Diet and Cancer with Lawrence H. Kushi, Sc.D.
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• “Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer: A global perspective” -- World Cancer Research Fund & American Institute for Cancer Research (PDF)
• “American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention: Reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity” – Lawrence H. Kushi, et al. (PDF)
• Comments on: "Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective" and the ACS recommendations for cancer prevention
  - Lawrence H. Kushi, Sc.D. (powerpoint)

October 17, 2007: Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.PH. – Dairy Products and the Risk of Bone Fracture
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• “Dairy products and the risk of bone fracture” by Willett (Power Point)
• “Fracture prevention with vitamin D supplementation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Bischoff-Ferrari, Willett, Wong, Giovannucci, Dietrich, and Dawson-Hughes (PDF)
• “Calcium, vitamin D, milk consumption, and hip fractures: a prospective study among postmenopausal women” by Feskanich, Willett, and Colditz (PDF)

October 3, 2007: Gordon Saxe, M.D., Ph.D. – Impact of Diet in the Management of Prostate Cancer
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• “Potential Attenuation of Disease Progression in Recurrent Prostate Cancer with Plant-Based Diet and Stress Reduction,” by Gordon Saxe, M.D., Ph.D., et al. (PDF)
• “Plant-based Diet and Stress Reduction in the Management of Recurrent Prostate Cancer,” by Gordon Saxe, M.D., Ph.D. (PowerPoint)

September 19, 2007: Albert Li, Ph.D. – Human-based In Vitro Experimental Systems
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• "Accurate Prediction of Human Drug Toxicity: Challenges and Promising Approaches" Albert P. Li, Ph.D. (PDF)
• "Human hepatocytes: Isolation, cryopreservation and applications in drug development" Albert P. Li, Ph.D. (PDF)
• "In Vitro Approaches to Evaluate ADMET Drug Properties" Albert P. Li, Ph.D. (PDF)

September 5, 2007: John McDougall, M.D. – Effect of Protein Intake and Acidity of the Diet on Bone Health
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• “Resisting the Broken Bone Business: Bone Mineral Density Tests and the Drugs that Follow” by John McDougall, M.D. (PowerPoint)
• “Excess protein damages the bones” by John McDougall, M.D. (Word doc)

August 15, 2007: Aysha Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H. – Ethical and Scientific Implications of Animal Experimentation
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• “Comparison of treatment effects between animal experiments and clinical trials: systematic review” Pablo Perel, et al. (PDF)
• “The Trouble with Animal Models” Andrea Gawrylewski
• “Modern biomedical research: an internally self-consistent universe with little contact with medical reality?” David F. Horrobin (PDF)
• “Animal Experiments: Can We Do Better?” Aysha Akhtar (PowerPoint)
  

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