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2004 Golden Carrot Award Winners
The Golden Carrot Awards go to food service professionals who approach child nutrition in an innovative way that encourages children to eat more healthfully. The winning programs feature low-fat meals; encourage kids to eat lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; provide vegetarian or vegan menu items; resp |
2008 School Lunch Report Card: Results
Background | Criteria | Report Card | The Report Card School District Score Grade Montgomery County Public Schools (Md.) |
2006 School Lunch Report Card: Results
background | the criteria | the report card | The Report Card School District Score Grade Fa |
University of Colorado Drops Dog Labs from Medical Training
The University of Colorado School of Medicine (CU) has stopped using animal laboratories in its curriculum for medical students. CU is now using computer simulations and analysis of prerecorded responses in the cardiovascular physiology laboratory instead of conducting fatal experiments on dogs—a change that |
2012 PCRM School Lunch Report Card: Results
A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine October 2012 Background | Criteria | Report Card | INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS Pinellas County Schools: A+ (100) State: Florida 2008 Score: A (98) This is the first time in the 11-year history of the School Lunch Report Card that a school district received |
Alternatives to Live Animal Laboratories
The use of live animal laboratories to demonstrate basic physiology and pharmacology is an issue of great concern for many medical students. While approximately three-quarters of all medical schools in the United States have eliminated these exercises, they remain—u |
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
2013 Issues Escaping the Research Mousetrap Good Medicine Winter 2013 Vol. XXII, No. 1 Can We End Alzheimer's? |
Mugging for Facebook with a Dead Cat: Dissection Brings out the Worst in California Students
At PCRM, we have long shared the concern that dissection labs in schools promote callousness toward animals. Ample proof of this recently showed up on Facebook posts from students at Newport Harbor High School in California. Pictures, taken inside an anatomy classroom, showed students mugging and smiling as they held u |
2007 School Lunch Report Card: Results
Background | Criteria | Report Card | The Report Card School District Score Grade Pinellas County Schools (Florida) |
2003 School Lunch Report Card: Results
A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine August 2003 Background | Review Process and Grading System | Report Card Detroit City School District (Detroit, Mich.): 94% The Detroit City School District is the 12th largest district in the United States, with 265 schools |
Incorporating Vegetarian Meals on College Campuses
Incorporating Vegetarian Meals on College Campuses Very often, students living on college and university campuses are required to purchase a set meal plan, which may not include enough variety to meet the needs of vegans. However, students can work to improve plant-based food options offered on their campus. This i |
Frequently Asked Questions: Animal Use in Medical School Education
Revised February 2011 Q: Isn’t using animals to teach medical students about anatomy, physiology, surgery, and other topics a widely accepted and routinely used method? A: No. Beginning in the early 1990s, the development and adoption of superior educational methods led to the replacement of animal use in |
Frequently Asked Questions: Animal Use in Medical School Education
Q: Isn’t using animals to teach medical students about anatomy, physiology, surgery, and other topics a widely accepted and routinely used method? A: Beginning in the early 1990s, the development and adoption of superior educational methods led to the replacement of animal use in many U.S. medical schools. |
Editorial: Not Your Father’s Medical Students
They trail behind their professors like ducklings, just as we all did at first. A bit awkward in their white coats and nervous in their first patient encounters, they fit the nerdy medical student stereotype. But appearances aside, today’s bright medical students are a new breed, and they are asking new and i |
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