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The Origin of U.S. Dietary Guidelines
Current U.S. dietary policies still reflect the basic design of the food guides from the early part of this century. In 1894, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) developed the first food composition tables and dietary standards for Americans. In 1916, the first daily food guides appeared in U |
Good Medicine Archive
2011 Issues Ivy League Animal Cruelty: PCRM Uncovers Shocking Animal Cruelty at Nation's Top Schools Good Medicine Autumn 2011 Vol. XX, No. 3 |
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 |
Survey Shows Most Canadian Universities No Longer Use Live Animal Laboratories in Medical School Curricula
WASHINGTON—A recent survey conducted by the international health advocacy organization Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) shows that 11 of the 16 medical universities in Canada no longer use live animals in their teaching curricula. PCRM asked the Canadian universities if they have live anim |
PCRM Petitions Department of Defense to End Live Animal Use
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Md., is the country’s only military medical school—and it’s also one of the only schools that continues to use and kill live animals in medical student education. PCRM ramped up its campaign to reform medical education a |
PCRM Online Archive
May 2012: Read this issue> Bill Maher Asks Congress to Pass Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act; Nearly Half of Supermarket Chicken Tainted by Feces; Billboard, Protest Urge End of Lethal Pig Use in Trauma Training; PCRM’s Food for Life Program Launches New Website; Use of Cats in Pediatrics Training |
Replacing Animals in Medical Education
When Jennifer Dankle entered Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1997, she had no idea she was supposed to cut open live dogs as part of her training. Then she walked past a school laboratory one day and heard the animals barking. Other students told her the dogs were kept in small cages for |
Frequently Asked Questions About Animal Experimentation Issues
Frequently Asked Questions About Animal Experimentation Issues 1. What concerns are raised by the use of animals for medical and scientific experiments? 2. What are the alternatives to using animals in medical experiments? 3. Is some animal testing required by law? 4. D |
Billboards Call for Action Against Animal Labs in Portland and Milwaukee
PCRM took its message about live animal labs to the streets in Portland, Ore., and Milwaukee this winter. A billboard went up the first week of January in both cities, each of which is home to a medical school that plans to hold a live animal lab this semester. Both billboards feature a pig and the words “Fi |
End OHSU's Live Animal Lab
This opinion piece was published on Jan. 19, 2008, in The Oregonian. First, do no harm. That's one of the first lessons medical students are taught. It seems obvious that people who want to become doctors are motivated by a desire to preserve life, but some students are still faced with choosing whether o |
Brody School of Medicine Ends Its Live Animal Labs
Live animal labs are quickly becoming a thing of the past. On March 31, PCRM received a letter from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (ECU) stating that the use of live animals will be eliminated from the medical school’s curriculum effective July 1, 2008. The school had been using pigs |
Stony Brook University, Saint Louis University End Animal Labs After Bar Association, PCRM Letters
Two more medical schools have stopped using live animal labs in medical education. Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New York and Saint Louis University School of Medicine join eight others that have stopped using live animals labs in medical student curricula since t |
Help End Live Animal Labs at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Can you help us end the live animal lab at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine? Twenty years ago, live animals were commonly used in physiology, pharmacology, and surgery classes at medical schools. A standard lab involved anesthetizing the animal, followed by injecting pharmaceuticals or practicing sur |
Study Shows Dramatic Decline in Use of Live Animals, Especially Dogs, in Medical Education
LA JOLLA, Calif.—A new study appearing in Academic Medicine documents the continued decline in the use of dogs and other live animals in medical school laboratories. In physiology courses, live animals were used in 39 percent of U.S. medical schools in 1994 but dropped to 18 percent in 2001. Similarly, l |
Debate Heats Up over Dogs Killed in Medical Training
WASHINGTON—The debate over use of dogs and other live animals in medical training is heating up nationally as medical students are making their choices for the coming semester, and supporters of nonlethal alternatives are stepping up their outreach. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is |
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