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PCRM
Files Class-Action Lawsuit against Dairy
Industry
Bombarded
by misinformation from the dairy industry,
many Americans don’t realize they are
lactose intolerant and suffer for years before
discovering that milk is the cause of their
digestive distress. PCRM has filed a class-action
lawsuit to help educate and warn the public
about this very common problem. Find
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PCRM
Scientist Thinks outside the Cage
Mice
and rats may be the most misunderstood, neglected,
and forgotten animals used in medical experiments.
They’re excluded from any protection
under the federal Animal Welfare Act, and few
organizations champion their plight. But as
PCRM research scientist Jonathan Balcombe,
Ph.D., points out, their size and lack of popularity
is no measure of their capacity to feel. Read
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Hospital
Cafeterias Need Menu Overhauls
If
there’s one place Americans should be
able to get a healthy meal, it’s in the
hospital cafeteria. But a new nationwide survey
conducted by PCRM nutrition scientists shows
just the opposite. Fewer than one-third of
all participating hospitals offer either a
daily salad bar or a low-fat vegetarian option. Read
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Let’s
Get Virtual: Surgery Classes to Replace
Goats with Simulation
More
than 80 percent of all U.S. medical schools
have stopped using live animals to teach physiology
and surgery. We’re pleased to report
that the University of Texas in San Antonio
is moving in that direction as well. The surgery
department has decided to give up its use of
live goats and use cutting-edge simulation
instead. Read
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