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Frequently Asked Questions About Nutrition
Frequently Asked Questions About Nutrition 1. Do you recommend a vegetarian or a vegan diet? 2. I want to try a vegan diet. How should I start? 3. Is it healthy for children to be on a vegan diet? 4. How do I get protein on a vegan diet? Do I need to combine proteins? 5. How do I get enough calcium on a vegan diet |
Ethics in Trauma Training
The use of live animals in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses was once common. Today, however, the vast majority of these courses use nonanimal teaching tools. Background on ATLS ATLS courses teach procedures designed to respond to acute trauma injuries. These procedures include cricothyroidotomy (an |
Section One: Approaching the Victim of Partner Abuse
Signs of Abuse: What Physicians Should Look For Intervention Domestic Violence Education in the Medical Curriculum |
Healthy Basics Recipes
In PCRM’s proposed improvements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, participating grocers must supply basic healthful foods, referred to as “Healthy Basics.” Here are delicious recipes prepared from "Healthy Basics." Always Great Brown Rice Makes 6 1/2-cup servings B |
Meet Some of the Lost or Surrendered Dogs Who Were Used and Killed at University of Michigan
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (U-M) continues to use dogs from Michigan shelters in its Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course. Notorious Class B dealer R&R Research sells dogs to U-M. Learn more about how these dogs are sold to U-M and help us end the use of animals in U-M’s ATLS course. |
This Is No Dummy: With Advanced Human Simulators for Medical Training, Why Harm Animals?
Good emergency medical skills can literally mean the difference between life and death. That’s why it’s so important that health care professionals who use these skills receive the best training available. Many physicians, medical students, and emergency responders go through a crucial training program |
Victory! OU Medical Center Ends Animal Use
The University of Oklahoma Medical Center just confirmed to PCRM that it has stopped killing goats in its trauma training course and now employs nonanimal training methods. But sheep at Massachusetts General Hospital still need your help. Despite thousands of messages from people like you, the hospital killed sheep |
Hosting a PCRM Event
Hosting a PCRM Event | Getting Started | Sample Timeline Thank you so much for offering to host an event in support of PCRM and our lifesaving work. There are so many different types of fundraising events you can host—from a simple cocktail party in your home, to setting up a team for an already established run |
Victory in Alabama! Simulator Replaces Live Pigs in Trauma Training Course
Independence Day came early this year for pigs in Alabama. Just four days after PCRM wrote to ask the University of South Alabama to stop killing pigs in its trauma training course, the university contacted PCRM to learn about superior nonanimal training methods. In the latest course, instructors used the TraumaMan |
Career Opportunities
PCRM is an equal-opportunity employer with career opportunities in variety of fields such as preventive medicine, nutrition, toxicology, advocacy, public/government relations, communications, law, and non-profit administration (fundraising, human resources, office services, information technology and finance). See |
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Regulation
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Regulation What is toxicity testing? What are some concerns with the use of animals in toxicity testing? What is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)? Is TSCA in need of modernization? How can chemical regulatory legislation be more effective? What is the Saf |
Food for Life TV Archive
View any of the many archived shows below. March 3: Lively Flavored Latin Seitan Stew (YouTube) Katherine Lawrence, a Cancer Project Food for Life cooking class instructor, prepares Latin Seitan Stew from Dr. Barnard’s The Cancer Survivor’s Guide: Foods That Help you Fight Back. The bell peppers in th |
Hosting a PCRM Event: Getting Started
Hosting a PCRM Event | Getting Started | Sample Timeline Hosting an event is a great way to raise funds and awareness—and have fun. However, planning an event can be quite time consuming and expensive, so we have put together some information to help organize the process and make it enjoyable for all involved. |
Surrendered Pet Dogs Killed in Trauma Training at University of Michigan, Live Pigs Killed in Fargo, N.D.
As recently as September, live dogs from shelters were cut open by physicians practicing emergency medical procedures at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. And on Feb. 2, live pigs were unlawfully killed after undergoing the same thing at MeritCare Medical Center in Fargo, N.D. After both Advanced Trauma Lif |
Two More Trauma Training Courses Go Animal Free
The University of Oklahoma Medical Center and the University of South Alabama both recently announced that they have stopped using animals for trauma training. These facilities join the vast majority of United States trauma training programs, which use only nonanimal methods. Last year, PCRM filed a complaint wit |
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