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  • September 2008
    Cancer and Nutrition Symposium a Huge Success; Sens. McCain and Obama on Animal Testing; Humane Seal Awarded to Stand Up for a Cure; Vegan Author on Capitol Hill; Join Dr. Neal Barnard on the Holistic Holiday at Sea
  • August 2008
    The Cancer Project Launches Major Processed Meat Campaign; Fighting Animal Abuse in New Jersey; Targeting the Real Cause of Salmonella; PCRM Petitions Department of Defense to End Live Animal Use; New TV Spot Uses Humor to Educate Men About Prostate Cancer Prevention
  • July 2008
    Annual Symposium Presents the Latest in Cancer Research and Policy; Reducing Animal Experiments Across the Globe; Oprah Raises Awareness of Vegan Diets; Dissection Alternatives Victory; PCRM Advocates Healthy Vegan Diets for Children
  • June 2008
    New Online CME Program for Health Professionals; PCRM Scientist Takes Pro-Animal Message to South Africa; Food for Life TV; Battling Cruel Animal Experiments; The Dubman Family and Carol House Furniture Encourage New PCRM Stewards
  • May 2008
    Washington Post Exposes Government Failure to Replace Animal Testing; PCRM Scientists Quoted; New Scientific Review Shows Milk Does Not Aid in Weight Loss; Brody School of Medicine Ends Its Live Animal Labs; PCRM Cooks on Capitol Hill; Cure for Spinal Cord Injury Hampered by Animal Models
  • April 2008
    Florida Schools Put Veggie Burgers on the Menu; Reducing Animal Use in Toxicity Testing; PCRM Presents at the 5th International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition; Stepping Up Efforts to End Live Animal Labs at Johns Hopkins; 'Med School' TV Spot Shows Benefit of Vegetarian Diet
  • March 2008
    PCRM Ramps Up Live Animal Lab Campaign, Launches New Whistleblower Hotline; Schools Pull Beef from Lunch Lines in Wake of Massive Recall; Disturbing Monkey Death Underscores Problems with Animal Research Labs; Reverse Diabetes Tour Hits Carolinas, Offers Antidote for Diabetes Epidemic; Hollywood Stars Share Their Favorite Vegan Recipes with PCRM
  • February 2008
    Billboards Call for Action Against Animal Labs in Portland and Milwaukee; New Year, New You; Renowned Author Donates Dakota Proceeds to PCRM; PCRM President Takes Diabetes Program to India; Chandler Open Meeting Law Violation Still Standing
  • January 2008
    Animals Win in New York and Missouri, Wisconsin Continues to Lag Behind; Eating on the Fly; Aviation Consultants Detail Risks Associated with Covance Facility; Hundreds Log On to Food for Life for Diabetes Online Classes; They Asked for It: CalEPA Gets Earful About Animal Testing

2007 Issues

  • December 2007
    PCRM Supporters Bring Support, Publicity to Farm Bill Issues; Moving Beyond Animal Research; Number of Teen Vegetarians on the Rise; Find Humane Health Charities the Easy Way; Diabetes Experts Educate Health Professionals About the Power of Vegan Diet.
  • November 2007
    Medical Professionals, Senators Call for Major Changes to Farm Bill; New U.S. Medical Schools Will Teach Students Without Animals; Chicago Schools Take Top Prize in PCRM’s Golden Carrot Awards; Gloria Steinem Speaks Out Against Covance’s Cruelty; Bananas and Broccoli Star in New Public Service Announcement.
  • October 2007
    Help PCRM Stop Childhood Obesity; PCRM Toxicologists Present Non-Animal Research Alternatives in Tokyo; PCRM Argues for Milk Warning Labels; PCRM Helps Company Find Alternative to Animal Testing; PCRM Studies Confirm Weight Loss and Cancer Survival Benefits of Plant-Based Diet
  • September 2007
    Physicians Sue California University for Violating Animal Welfare Law; PCRM Report Card Reveals School Lunch Disparities; Stony Brook University, Saint Louis University End Animal Labs After Bar Association, PCRM Letters; Congress Updates America’s Farm Bill, The Cancer Project Holds Second Annual Symposium
  • August 2007
    Diet Matters in Breast Cancer Prevention and Survival; Seven Local Residents, PCRM File Lawsuit Against City of Chandler; New Study Finds Race Plays Role in Cancer Survival; New York Bar Association Challenges Use of Animal Labs in Med Schools; Two New Public Service Announcements Highlight Vegetarian Diets
  • July 2007
    PCRM Leads D.C.-Area Initiative to Improve School Lunches; New Billboard Calls for an End to Summer Dissection Course; PCRM Sets the Record Straight About Vegan Child-Rearing; Pleasurable Kingdom Released in Paperback, Foreign Language Editions; Vote for the Most Misleading Dairy Commercial
  • June 2007
    USDA, Dairy Industry End Dairy Weight-Loss Advertisements; PCRM Expert Speaks at Covance Air Quality Hearing; New Study Finds Eating Fish Does Not Protect the Heart; New Approved Tests to Spare More Than 250,000 Animals in EU; Meet Caroline Trapp: PCRM’s New Diabetes Care Expert
  • May 2007
    Duke University Ends Live Pig Lab in Medical School Curriculum; PCRM Celebrates the Art of Compassion; Reverse Diabetes Book Spurs Successes Across the Country; PCRM Billboards Educate March of Dimes Walkers; PCRM Seeks Nominees for the Golden Carrot Awards
  • April 2007
    PCRM Prepares for the Art of Compassion Gala 2007; AMSA Passes Resolution Encouraging Replacement of Live Animal Labs; NutritionMD.org: Start Putting Nutrition to Work for Better Health; Help PCRM Reform the March of Dimes This Spring; Vote for the Commercial with the Worst Health Message
  • March 2007
    Animals Win in Texas; Wisconsin Falls Behind; PCRM Hosts Continuing Medical Education Seminar in Washington; PCRM Research Scientist Takes Pleasurable Kingdom to India; The Humane Seal Highlights International Suicide Prevention Inc.
  • February 2007
    PCRM Takes Action as Medical College of Wisconsin’s Dog Lab Draws Near; New Web Site Offers Interactive Diabetes Resources; Help Stop the March of Dimes' Animal Cruelty; PCRM Informs Governors of Financial Costs of Diabetes; Clinical Biochemistry Publishes PCRM Paper About Cruelty-Free Insulin Assay
  • January 2007
    Reversing Diabetes Across the Country; Tuberculosis Outbreak at Covance’s Wisconsin Facility Highlights Dangers; Pleasurable Kingdom Reaches Indian Audiences; PCRM to Host Gala in April

2006 Issues

  • December 2006
    PCRM, Wis. Humane Society Denounce Dog Lab at Medical College; PCRM’s Airport Food Review Finds Increase in Healthful Options; Covance Discusses Incinerator With Officials; PCRM Releases Report About Dangers; Dr. Neal Barnard Hosts Diabetes Lecture and Cooking Demonstration
  • November 2006
    PCRM Announces Golden Carrot Award Winners; Covance Eyes New Chandler Location for Animal-Testing Facility; PCRM Files Lawsuit Over Carcinogens in Grilled Chicken; University of Rochester Drops Live Animal Labs From Medical School Curriculum; PCRM Public Service Announcements Reach Wide Audience
  • October 2006
    Chandler Residents Sign Statements of Opposition Against Covance; New ‘Body by Milk’ Ads Target Teens; PCRM Urges Medical Schools to Go High-Tech; Vote on the Commercial with the Worst Health Message
  • September 2006
    Virginia School Takes Down ‘Blood and Guts’ Web Site; School Lunches: Some Pass, Others Need Improvement; PCRM Steps Up Efforts to Keep Covance Laboratories Out of Chandler; The Cancer Project Partners with Dana Farber Cancer Institute; PCRM Scientists Save Animals’ Lives at Dow Chemical
  • August 2006
    New Study Shows Vegan Diet Effective Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes; University of Texas at San Antonio, Georgetown University End Use of Live Animal Labs; The Cancer Project Hosts Symposium, Capitol Hill Cooking Class; New Scientific Review Finds Standard Laboratory Housing to Be Inadequate; Two New Publications Will Guide Healthy Eating Habits
  • July 2006
    New Travel Book Features Advice from PCRM Nutritionists; Poll Finds Broad Opposition to Covance's Animal-Testing Plans; New PCRM TV Spots to Offer Crash Course in Kids' Nutrition; New Booklet Educates March of Dimes Sponsors About Animal Experiments; PCRM Provides Wellness Policy Resources to School Group
  • June 2006
    Medical Schools Notified That Live Animal Use Is Unlawful; PCRM Cosigns Open Letter to the United Nations Promoting Healthy Diets; D.C. Conference Highlights Advantages of Medical Simulators; Vegan Diet Effective Treatment for Diabetes in PCRM Study; Thank You: Stephen Bartell
  • May 2006
    New Book Explores Animal Emotions; Nutrition Researcher, Vegan Athletes Promote Healthy Diets to Congress; PCRM Seeks to Reform the March of Dimes; PCRM Seeks Nominees for 2006 Golden Carrot Awards; Thank You: Monica Smith
  • April 2006
    PCRM Offers Free Dissection Alternative; Study Finds Soymilk Is a Hit With Schoolchildren; Promoting Alternatives at the Medical College of Wisconsin; Scientific Review Finds Vegetarian Diets Lead to Weight Loss; Animal Tests of Anti-Inflammatory Drug Failed to Predict Human Risk
  • March 2006
    Covance Preparing to Build Testing Facility in Arizona; New York Schools Set to Push Cheese on Kids; New Journal Article Urges Use of Animal Serum-Free Cell Culture; PCRM Survey Shows Many Cardiologists Not Recommending Life-Saving Diets; PCRM Seeks to End Animal Drug Experiments
  • February 2006
    PCRM Doctors Deliver "Cruelty 101" Petitions to OSU Board; The Cancer Project Features Cooking Classes in Video News Release; PCRM Members to Educate March of Dimes Walkers; PCRM Members Share Their Passion for Compassion
  • January 2006
    Mobile Billboard Opposing "Cruelty 101" Circles Fiesta Bowl; Atkins Lawsuit Moves Ahead as Stay Is Lifted; PCRM Scientist Opposes Animal Testing at OECD Meeting; Vegetarian Diet Emerges as Weight-Loss Tool in New Year

2005 Issues

  • December 2005
    Biodefense Bill Proposes Cruel Animal Tests; PCRM Launches Redesigned Low-Carb Diet Registry; Medical Schools Replace Animal Labs; New PSA Champions Healthy Vegetarian Diets
  • November 2005
    PCRM's Cruelty-Free Diabetes Test Now for Sale; PCRM Doctors Promote Vegetarian Diets in National TV Ad; PCRM Scores New Victory Against Animal Testing; What to Do About Bird Flu
  • October 2005
    PCRM Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against Dairy Industry; PCRM Scientist Thinks Outside the Cage; Hospital Cafeterias Need Menu Overhauls; Let’s Get Virtual: Surgery Classes to Replace Goats with Simulation
  • September 2005
    Vegan Diet Increases Weight Loss and Insulin Sensitivity; PCRM Pitches In on Katrina Tragedy; Lance Armstrong Foundation Goes on Location - to PCRM; PCRM Names Cruelty-Free Breast Cancer Charities
  • August 2005
    New Study Strengthens Link Between Milk and Ovarian Cancer; PCRM Scientists Share Their Victories at Berlin Conference; Alec Baldwin Promotes Vegetarian Diets for Kids; Attitudes Toward Animal Tests Shifting, Shows New Opinion Poll; PCRM Announces “Low-Carb Swap”
  • July 2005
    PCRM Files Groundbreaking Challenge Over Animal Drug Testing; PCRM Sues Dairy Industry Over Deceptive Weight-Loss Claims; Cancer Project Classes Now Available Nationwide; Nanotechnology Threatens to Trigger New Animal Tests
  • June 2005
    New Spoof of Milk Mustache Ad Spotlights Lactose Intolerance; Momentum Grows for Nonanimal Product Testing; New Study Shows Low-Fat Diet Improves Breast Cancer Survival; British Think Tank Calls for More Alternatives to Animal Tests; PCRM President Reports New Findings About the Dopamine Receptor Gene
  • May 2005
    Thumbs Down on Government’s New Food Guidance System; Research Lab in Florida Goes Animal-Free; PCRM Establishes Awards in Honor of Benjamin Spock and Henry Heimlich; PCRM Opposes Immunity for Food Industry; TraumaMan Makes Headlines as Alternative Training Method
  • April 2005
    PCRM Files Lawsuit Over Secret “Cruelty 101” Footage; Star-Studded Celebration Marks PCRM’s 20th Anniversary; Dieter Who Developed Heart Disease Wins Another Round Against Atkins Corporation; PCRM Promotes Healthy School Lunches with Second Annual Awards; Science Doesn't Support Dairy Industry Weight-Loss Claims
  • March 2005
    New Study Shatters Myths About Milk; PCRM to Celebrate 20th Anniversary; Vioxx Tragedy Spotlights Failure of Animal Tests; Anthony Hopkins Promotes Healthy Diet in New TV Spot; Animal-Based Drug Tests Miss Half of All Birth Defects
  • February 2005
    Study Shows Vegetarian Diets Reduce Hypertension; NIH Will Investigate “Cruelty 101” Course in Response to PCRM Petition; PCRM Urges Action Following Major Study on Link Between Colon Cancer and Meat; PCRM Files New Petition with the EPA Against Cruel Animal Tests; New Dietary Guidelines Do Little to Help Americans
  • January 2005
    New Study Confirms Milk’s Link with Ovarian Cancer; PCRM Debuts Three New TV Spots Starring Member Doctors; Two New Medical Charities Earn Humane Seal; PCRM Spinal Injury Campaign Forges Ahead; Judge Rules for Second Time in Favor of Man Suing Atkins Empire

2004 Issues

  • December 2004
    New Study: Soy Helps Prostate Cancer Outlook; PCRM Develops Animal-Free Insulin Assay; The Smoking Gun: Forcing Tobacco on Animals; Tyson Drops Misleading Ads Claiming Chicken Is Healthy, PCRM Takes On Duke’s Animal Labs
  • November 2004
    New Study: Cruciferous Veggies May Boost Cancer Survival; New Findings: Animal Experiments More Stressful Than Previously Recognized; Lawsuit Over Atkins Diet Clears First Legal Hurdle; PCRM Wins Lawsuit Over Government Secrecy; Getting Creative About Fighting Childhood Obesity
  • October 2004
    Tackling Diabetes: PCRM Thinks Outside Research Box; Many Doctors Skeptical of Animal Experiments; “Wow, It’s That Easy?” New Study Refutes Myth About Vegan Diets; The Problem with Protein; New Column: “Beyond Animal Research”
  • June 2004
    The World’s First Animal-Free Insulin Assay; Something Fishy at the USDA; This Is Your Heart on a High-Fat Diet; PCRM Makes Hollywood Debut in Super Size Me; He Plays a Doctor on TV and in PCRM’s New Humane Seal Ad

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