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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 |
Fighting for Ethical Research and Better Health: A Review of 1998
RESEARCH REFORM Our program for alternatives to animal laboratories in medical education continues to grow, with ten medical schools receiving a special media/advertising blitz—Boston University, St. Louis Uni |
Section Two: Cancer Prevention
Breast Cancer Fat Increases Estrogens How Much Fat is Too Much? Fiber Reduces Est |
A Response to Food/Tobacco Industry Attacks
Groups funded by the tobacco, meat, dairy, or chemical industries sometimes attack health advocacy and research organizations, including the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Such industry-funded groups include the "Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF)." This background paper describes th |
1999: The Year in Review
The year brought a continuing firestorm of controversy over massive animal testing programs promoted by Vice President Al Gore and the Environmental Protection Agency. The first, called the High Production Volume Challenge, aims to use hundreds of thousands of animals to test industrial chemicals that ar |
Section One: Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
What is Heart Disease Risk Factors Different Types of Cholesterol |
Nutrition and Renal Disease
Nutrition and Renal Disease The kidneys’ job is to keep the body’s fluids, electrolytes, and organic solutes in a healthy balance. Their functional units are the million or so nephrons in the renal cortex which filter most constituents of the blood other |
PCRM 2010: The Year in Review
It’s been an amazing year at PCRM. We celebrated our 25th anniversary and kicked off our next quarter century with extraordinary accomplishments for people and animals. Here are a few highlights. GOOD NUTRITION Improving School Lunches PCRM experts worked all year to promote better nutrition in schools. In |
2002: The Year in Review
In February, an investigation by researchers at PCRM and Georgetown University School of Medicine exposed the little known practice of prescribing estrogens to tall girls in order to suppress their growth. A full report appeared in the February 2002 Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Avon, the largest |
Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
Are there aspects of your health you would like to change? Perhaps you might like to lose a few pounds, bring your cholesterol down, or get away from medicines. I am here today to talk about some surprising ways to keep a healthy heart—not through prescriptions or bypass surgery, but through simple changes t |
Cholesterol and Heart Disease
Cholesterol and Heart Disease Every day, nearly 2,600 Americans die of some type of cardiovascular disease, an average of one death every 34 seconds, and 7.1 million Americans have had a heart attack during their lifetimes.1 Those who survive often go on to have another heart |
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. |
Section Three: When Is Surgery Unnecessary?
Circumcision Circumcision as a Preventive Measure Complications Pain Making a Choice Hysterectomy Cost Surgical Complications |
Section Six: Nutrition and Renal Disease
Nephrotic Syndrome Diet for Nephrotic Syndrome Acute Renal Failure Diet in Acute |
A Natural Approach to Menopause
A Natural Approach to Menopause Every day, in hundreds of doctors’ offices, the same conversation takes place between women going through menopause and their doctors. The doctor writes out a prescription for estrogen pills or patches, saying they will replace the hormones her body ought to be making. They wil |
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