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News Releases
2012 Super Bowl Shockers: Five Amazingly Unhealthy Party Foods February 3, 2012 School Lunch Guidelines Fall Short: Still Too Much Meat, Dairy, and Junk in School Lunches January 26, 2012 Fat-Focused Billboards Warn Albany that Cheese Makes You Chubby January 18, 2012 Paula Deen Mak |
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 |
PCRM 2003: The Year in Review
The close of 2003 marks another year of growth and increased effectiveness for PCRM. Remarkable success has been achieved in medical schools, where animal labs are steadily being replaced with better methods. Interest in vegetarian diets on the part of the media, consumer |
Newsletter
February 2012 > Two Weeks Left to Apply: Become a Food for Life Instructor! Heart Healthy Valentine’s Day Menu Kickstart Your Health: New Food for Life Classes Focus on Losing Weight in a Healthful Way Food for Life in the News: 55-Year-Old Man Loses 40 Pounds on Kickstart Food for |
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 |
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 |
Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act: Media Room
Media Room Media Maine Newspaper Prints Letter by PCRM Senior Medical Adviser John Pippin, M.D., on Ending Chimpanzee Research Sept. 13, 2010 Seattle TV Station Interviews PCRM Primatologist Debra Durham, Ph.D., at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest News Releases Metro Ads Urge Congress to Protect Chimpanzees from |
PCRM Online December 2011
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Physicians' Group Responds to Smear Tactics by American Meat Institute and Tobacco/Meat Industry Front Group
Washington—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) responds to news releases published recently by the “Center for Consumer Freedom” (CCF), a group funded by the tobacco, meat, and junk food industries, and the American Meat Institute (AMI), a meat-industry organization that prom |
News and Media
News and Media If you are a journalist seeking more information or an interview with a PCRM expert, please contact Jeanne S. McVey at 202-527-7316 or jeannem@pcrm.org. News Releases PCRM Statement on the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010 (H.R. 5820) July 29, 2010 New Chemical-Testing Bills are Big Ste |
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