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A Practice Based on Compassion and Caring
Dr. Ron Banner says that being a physician is a calling, not just a business or a profession. An internist who founded both a medical ethics committee and the first hospice in an acute care hospital in Philadelphia, Dr. Banner not only focuses on treating his patients’ diseases, but also maximizing their health a
Fact Sheets & FAQs
PCRM Online Marketplace Shop online to get the very best books, information, merchandise, and resources on diet, health, and ethical issues > Complimentary Literature and Downloadable Fact Sheets Download and print complimentary brochures and fact sheets on nutrition,
Fact Sheets and FAQs
PCRM Online Marketplace Shop online to get the very best books, information, merchandise, and resources on diet, health, and ethical issues > Complimentary Literature and Downloadable Fact Sheets Download and print complimentary brochures and fact sheets on nutrition,
Food for Life Resources for Diabetes
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NEW Earn Continuing Education Credit Teach the Food for Life Program in Your Community: Application Deadline Feb. 10 NEW Literature Search: Recent and classic articles on the effect of vegan and vegetarian diets on t
Vegan Diet Support Resources
Want to learn more about a vegan diet? Have questions? Looking for support? PCRM offers resources, educational programs, and literature to promote good nutrition for disease prevention. However, Dr. Barnard and PCRM's team of dietitians and health care professionals are unable to offer medical diagnoses, treatment
Resources for Health Care Professionals
NutritionCME offers free online continuing medical education for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, nutritionists, and other health care providers interested in how nutrition can be used for health promotion and prevention of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and ot
The Vegan Diet How-To Guide for Diabetes
Introduction Diet changes are the cornerstone to treating type 2 diabetes. Current diet recommendations require restricting portion sizes, measuring and weighing foods, and limiting the total amount of carbohydrate. However, evidence suggests that a different die
Dorothy Hamill's and Patrick Swayze's Cancer Battles Raise Prevention Awareness
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And in a new Cancer Project public service announcement, Olympic figure skater and breast cancer survivor Dorothy Hamill encourages people to eat a plant-based diet to protect themselves from the deadly disease. Several other new Cancer Project resources also demonstrate ho
Cleaning Up the March of Dimes
Activists in more than 100 cities nationwide distributed nearly 60,000 fliers at the March of Dimes' annual WalkAmerica fund-raiser, calling for the charity to stop funding animal experiments. The fliers featured former United Fund poster child for cerebral palsy research, Lawrence Carter-Long, advo
Cancer Charities Win the Humane Charity Seal of Approval
PCRM thanks actor Noah Wyle, also known as Dr. John Carter of NBC’s long-running series ER, for his support of the Humane Charity Seal of Approval program. PCRM recently ran ads featuring Noah in theater magazines across the United States and will soon l
Other PCRM Volunteer Opportunities
1. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper. See a newspaper or magazine article about nutrition or ethics in research that you’d like to respond to? Send a letter to the editor—and send us a copy if you get published! Use our letter writing tips to g
‘Reverse Diabetes’ Lecture Tour Draws Hundreds to Each Stop
For the last three months, PCRM President Neal Barnard, M.D., has been bringing a message of hope to people with diabetes. He’s taken his program to 26 cities across the United States so far, and he isn’t done yet. It’s no wonder that Dr. Barnard has been met with standing-room-only crowds in ci
Frequently Asked Questions about Diabetes
1. Why do you recommend a vegan diet for diabetes? Vegan diets, which contain no animal products (meat, dairy, eggs, or other animal products), are healthier than other diets, because they contain no cholesterol and less fat, saturated fat, and calories than meat-based diets or ovo-lacto vegetarian diets. Sci

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