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What is Lactose Intolerance?
What is Lactose Intolerance? Understanding Lactose Intolerance Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest the milk sugar lactose, causing gastrointestinal symptoms of flatulence, bloating, cramps, and diarrhea in some individuals. This results from a s |
New Spoof of Milk Mustache Ad Spotlights Lactose Intolerance
PCRM is launching a new campaign this month to draw attention to lactose intolerance and to find plaintiffs for an upcoming lawsuit against the dairy industry. A take-off on the ubiquitous milk mustache images, PCRM’s ad reaches out to people with lacto |
Spoof of Milk Mustache Ad Reaches Out to People with Lactose Intolerance
WASHINGTON—The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is launching a new ad campaign to draw attention to the problem of lactose intolerance, especially among people of color, and to offer legal assistance to those who may have been sickened by dairy products. Scheduled to debut in mi |
Are Federal Dietary Guidelines Racially Biased?
The federal dietary guidelines that form the blueprint for school lunches and virtually all other nutrition programs have evolved only very slowly since the first food guides were published in 1916. In spite of the advances in nutrition knowledge that have occurred over the past eight decades, the g |
PCRM Argues for Milk Warning Labels
If a product could make you sick from a condition that is common but is not commonly known about, wouldn’t you want to be warned? That’s what PCRM doctors asked judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit September 14 in an appeal in a lactose intolerance warning label laws |
First Hearing in Milk Warning Label Lawsuit
WASHINGTON—Judge Henry H. Kennedy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments January 31 on a high-profile lawsuit filed by 10 area residents who want labels on milk cartons warning that milk can cause serious digestive illness. The plaintiffs argue that many people are no |
Health Concerns about Dairy Products
Many Americans still consume substantial amounts of dairy products—and government policies still promote them—despite scientific evidence that questions their health benefits and indicates their potential health risks. Osteoporosis Milk’s main selling point is calcium, and milk-drinking is touted fo |
Ovarian Cancer Risk and Consumption of Milk Products and Lactose: Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies Finds Some Support for a Link
An analysis of 21 studies that have investigated the link between ovarian cancer and the consumption of milk products and lactose has found some support for the hypothesis that high intake |
Doctors Say Dairy Industry Should Warn Consumers That Milk Can Make Them Sick
WASHINGTON—Ten D.C.-area residents seeking lactose intolerance warnings on milk cartons will ask the U.S. Court of Appeals |
Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer
Cutting Dietary Fat May Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that a low-fat diet may reduce the incidence of ovarian cancer. Cancer occurrence was analyzed for 48,835 postmenopausal women participating in The Women’s Health Initiative. Ovarian |
PCRM 2005: The Year in Review: Got Warning Labels?
Milk doesn’t do a body good—especially if you’re lactose intolerant. To help educate the public that milk can cause serious digestive illness, PCRM filed a class action lawsuit in October in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, calling |
Doctors Sue Safeway and Other D.C. Dairy Retailers for Failing to Warn about Lactose Intolerance
WASHINGTON—Ten area residents, including a 7-year-old boy, will file a class-action lawsuit today against Safeway and other dairy retailers, calling for milk carton labeling warning consumers that milk can cause serious digestive illness. Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest the milk sugar lactose, |
Coca-Cola's Project Mother Initiative to Develop Cow's Milk Products Targeting Children
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine 5100 Wisconsin Ave., N.W. Suite 400 Washington, DC 20016 February 28, 2001 Trey Paris, Manager Issues Communication Global Communications Coca-Cola Company P.O. Box 1734 Atlanta, GA 30301 via facsimile: 404-515-6428 Dear Mr. Paris: I am writing to express the |
The Cancer Project Update
New Study Suggests Schools Should Offer Soymilk: Low-Fat Beverage Proves a Popular Option Among Young Students Schoolchildren in Florida like to have choices about where they get their calcium. In a study in April’s Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers with The Ca |
New Study Confirms Milk’s Link with Ovarian Cancer
A study in the November 2004 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition confirms what many PCRM member doctors have long suspected: milk increases a woman’s risk of ovarian cancer. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden conducted a prospective |
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