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PCRM is pleased to provide fact sheets on several preventive medicine and nutrition topics: Arthritis Arthritis and Foods Calcium Calcium and Strong Bones: Protecting Your Bones Parents' Guide to Building Better Bones Cancer Breast Cancer Colon C |
Testimony on High Production Volume Chemical Tests to the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment
Neal D. Barnard, M.D. June 17, 1999 As a physician and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, I would like to thank Chairman Calvert and the members of the Committee for the opportunity to comment on the EPA’s High Production Volume Challenge program. We are greatly concerned about seve |
Section Three: When Is Surgery Unnecessary?
Circumcision Circumcision as a Preventive Measure Complications Pain Making a Choice Hysterectomy Cost Surgical Complications |
2004 School Lunch Report Card
2004 School Lunch Report Card A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine August 2004 background | the criteria | the report card As elementary school students return to the classroom this fall, many face more than academic |
PCRM Calls on FDA to Speed the Transition to Nonanimal Tests
Every day, thousands of animals are experimented on or killed to create and test drugs that will never help a sick human being. In some cases, animal tests suggest that a new drug is dangerous when in fact it would be quite safe for humans; yet the drug is abandoned. In other cases, drugs appear safe in animal test |
Research Without Animals
Epidemiologic and Clinical Studies Studies of human populations have provided important information about the causes of many diseases, such as the relationships between cholesterol and heart disease, the mechanism of transmission of HIV, and chemical exposures and birth defect |
Analysis of the HPV Challenge: Industry Violations and EPA Negligence
By Nicole Cardello, M.H.S. Executive Summary The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge encourages chemical companies to volunteer to conduct screening-level animal toxicity tests on 2,800 industrial chemicals. Pursuant to this program, companies have committed to |
The Use of Animals for Physiology Instruction at the Medical College of Wisconsin
A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C. October 11, 2006 (Revised December 20, 2007) I. Executive summary Twenty years ago, live dogs, cats, pigs and other animals were commonly used in physiology, pharmacology, and surgery courses at medical schools. A sta |
Agriculture and Health Policies in Conflict: How Subsidies Tax our Health: Conclusion and References
Conclusion Current programs that subsidize feed grains or provide direct subsidies and other supports for meat or dairy production are at odds with federal health recommendations. From a public health perspective, altering federal agricultural policies is a key part of addressing the epidemics of obesity |
Big Food About to Lose Its Biggest Defense: Food Really Is Addictive
By Neal D. Barnard, M.D. This piece appeared in The Record (Bergen County, N.J.) on May 19, 2003, under the headline “Food Processors Lose Their Best Defense.” With America’s weight escalating ever upward, and health advocates looking to the fast-food |
Section One: Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
What is Heart Disease Risk Factors Different Types of Cholesterol |
The Availability of HPV Chemical Data
In early October 1998, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Challenge program, calling for toxicity testing on 2,800 chemicals imported or manufactured in amounts over one million pounds per year. This program was apparently devised in closed-door meetings betwee |
Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
Are there aspects of your health you would like to change? Perhaps you might like to lose a few pounds, bring your cholesterol down, or get away from medicines. I am here today to talk about some surprising ways to keep a healthy heart—not through prescriptions or bypass surgery, but through simple changes t |
PCRM Online | November 2004
November 2004 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine |
Weight-Loss Ads Are Big Dairy’s Latest Way to Trick Consumers
By Neal D. Barnard, M.D. This piece was published on Aug. 15, 2005, in AgWeek. Every year, consumers waste billions of dollars on false weight-loss schemes. But the latest fad diet may be one of the most deceptive yet. “Burn more fat,” advises a glossy print ad for |
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