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Physician Profile: Roberta S. Gray, M.D.: Working with Children and Animals
Roberta S. Gray, M.D., started quietly taking ethical stands many years ago. While attending medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she became the first student to decline participating in a live animal lab. After taking part in two horrific animal labs while studying physical therapy, |
Join PCRM in Washington, D.C., for a Continuing Medical Education Seminar
We are pleased to announce that PCRM and The George Washington University Medical Center will jointly sponsor a continuing medical education seminar, Nutrition in Clinical Practice, on April 13 and 14, 2007—the weekend of the Art of Compassion Gala. We anticipate that this seminar will be the first of many oppo |
Pediatricians vs. Junk Food Giants: PCRM Doctors Report from Front Lines of Obesity Battle
Jack is a typical child in Dr. Rina Shah’s practice. Except that at 6 years old he weighs 100 pounds. “The average child his age should be closer to 50 pounds,” says Dr. Shah, a pediatrician in Vallejo, Calif. “Jack is one of the many children in my practice who struggles with eating healthy |
Good Medicine Magazine: Illegal Experiments: Physicians File Lawsuit Against UCSF for Violating Animal Welfare Law
Illegal Experiments: Physicians File Lawsuit Against UCSF for Violating Animal Welfare Law / Animal Welfare Act Violations Across the Country Time to End Blood and Guts Class Seven Chandler Residents, PCRM Sue City over Animal-Testing Lab PCRM Toxicologists Present Work at World Congress in Tok |
Beef Recall Can Teach Schools a Lesson
By Roberta S. Gray, M.D. This op-ed was published on Feb. 27, 2008, in The Desert Sun. The scope of the problem is staggering. School officials across the country are scrambling to protect their students in the wake of the largest beef recall in U.S. history. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently recal |
Two More Medical Schools End Live Animal Labs
Two more medical schools have eliminated live animal laboratories from their curricula. This spring, PCRM received a letter from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University announcing the school’s decision to stop using live pigs in its third-year surgery clerkship lab. Brody’s decision, |
PCRM 2005: The Year in Review: Physician Experts Spotlight
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Blood Pressure Block Party Offers More Than Screening
More than 60 million Americans have high blood pressure, yet only half that number are aware of it. Rather than wait for people to come into a doctor’s office to have their blood pressure checked, PCRM doctors and nurses go into the community, offering free blood pressure screenings. They also serv |
PCRM to Host Gala in April
PCRM’s “Art of Compassion” gala, which will be held during the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., will give members and supporters a chance to meet and mingle in an elegant setting. Highlights include a star-studded reception, celebrity-inspired silent auction, gourmet vegan din |
PCRM Celebrates the Art of Compassion
On April 14, Washington, D.C.’s historic Mellon Auditorium was transformed into a glamorous setting for hundreds of PCRM supporters who traveled from across the country and as far away as Europe to celebrate the organization’s successes and look forward to the future. The event included plenty of star p |
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 |
Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunches in United States
WASHINGTON—“Mystery meat” is losing ground to fruits, vegetables, and low-fat vegetarian meals. It’s |
FDA Petition Would Protect Public from Dangerous Drugs by Mandating Replacement of Outdated Animal Tests, Says Coalition of Doctors and Scientists
WASHINGTON--In a petition filed November 14 with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, an international coalition of scientists and doctors seeks to compel the agency to stem the flood of dangerous drugs reaching American consumers by mandating the use of scientifically superior nonanimal testing methods when |
Foodborne Illness
Foodborne Illness Foodborne diseases are a serious and growing problem. Foodborne diseases cause an estimated 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. Experts estimate that the yearly cost of all foodborne diseases |
Chemical Testing Resources
Chemical Testing Resources PCRM Fact Sheets and Publications | Links | Scientific Articles PCRM Fact Sheets and Publications PCRM Testimony before the Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Assessing the Safe Chemicals Act, |
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