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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 |
PCRM Online Archive
February 2012: Read this issue> Watch James Franco and Kevin Nealon Pledge to Save Chimpanzees; Paula Deen Has Diabetes, PCRM Offers Help; Bob Barker Asks University of Virginia to End Cruel Use of Live Cats; Chinese-Language 21-Day Healthy Challenge Begins March 5; Cheese Billboards Highlight Obesity Risk; Feb. 10 |
2007 Year in Review: Campaign Highlights
This has been a remarkable year for PCRM. From encouraging the replacement of live animal labs in medical schools to fighting for good nutrition in the halls of Congress, we’ve expanded our reach tremendously. PCRM has had great success in bringing national attention to important health and research iss |
PCRM 2004: The Year in Review
There’s no doubt about it: 2004 was PCRM’s most exciting year since our founding in 1985. Thanks to the support of our generous members and the help of an ever-growing team of staff and volunteers, PCRM accomplished a staggering amount over the past 12 months. |
2000 Year in Review
RESEARCH ISSUES On Capitol Hill PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., and research coordinator Andy Breslin provided in-depth critiques of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) High Production Volume Challenge, a massive animal |
PCRM Online | November 2010
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Fighting Animal Abuse in New Jersey
If you read PCRM Online regularly, you know that PCRM has been tremendously successful at reducing the cruel and unnecessary use of animals in medical school education. Now PCRM is stepping up its campaign to reduce the use of animals in another type of medical training—one used to instruct doctors and emerg |
PCRM’s Complaint Halts Misleading Dairy Advertisements
Two national dairy advertising campaigns overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will stop claiming that dairy products cause weight loss, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in early May. The decision, which comes in response to a petition filed by PCRM, will end misleading claims made in the &ldqu |
USDA, Dairy Industry End Dairy-Weight Loss Advertisements
You’ve seen the advertisements. Trim celebrities like Elizabeth Hurley and Beyoncé tell you that eating three servings of dairy a day will help you lose weight. Thousands of Americans were duped into thinking that dairy product consumption is associated with weight loss because of this slick advertisi |
Doctors to Debut Provocative Ad Criticizing Milk's Ability to Build Bones
WASHINGTON—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) will launch a public service campaign on Thursday criticizing milk's ability to build strong bones. The Strong Bones campaign will debut with an ad on USAToday.com, featuring a crumb |
Dairy Industry Dishonest in New Weight-Loss Gimmick Campaign
WASHINGTON—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) today blasted the National Dairy Council for launching a deceptive campaign designed to push the false notion that consuming more dairy products leads to a trimmer waistline. National Dairy Council |
2006 School Lunch Report Card
2006 School Lunch Report Card A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine August 2006 background | the criteria | the report card As children enter school this fall, they will learn the importance of math, science, and Englis |
PCRM Steps up Campaign to EndLive Animal Laboratories In Medical Education
Last year, just months after PCRM launched its campaign urging the University of Miami School of Medicine to eliminate its live animal laboratory for basic physiology, the school announced it had done just that—future students would learn though teaching methods that involve no animals. In the wake |
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 |
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