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Diet and Cancer Research
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Ask the Expert
The staff doctors, researchers, and dietitians of PCRM's Cancer Project have provided the following answers to questions from the public on the benefits of a healthy diet for cancer prevention and survival. Select a topic from the list below: alcohol |
Health and Nutrition Fact Sheets
ABOUT PCRM PCRM: Advocates for Ethical Standards in Research, Advocates for Preventive Medicine Through Good Nutrition This brochure explains the dual mission of PCRM and how you can take |
The Use of Animals for Physiology Instruction at the Medical College of Wisconsin
A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C. October 11, 2006 (Revised December 20, 2007) I. Executive summary Twenty years ago, live dogs, cats, pigs and other animals were commonly used in physiology, pharmacology, and surgery courses at medical schools. A sta |
Longtime Army Doctor Asks Military to End Animal Trauma Training
It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to understand that using and killing animals in trauma training is cruel and archaic. But 20 years as an Army neurosurgeon and 15 years spent treating civilian trauma provides William Morris, M.D., a solid platform when he speaks out against the military’s use of live ani |
PCRM Online Archive
May 2013: Read this Issue> Physicians Committee Hosts Congressional Vegetarian Caucus; Join the VegRUN Marathon Training Program; Baby Boom + Fast Food = Dementia Boom; Attend the International Conference of Nutrition and the Brain; Physicians Committee Persuades Harvard to Close Primate Facility; Militar |
Animals, Research, and Alternatives: Presentations
Presentations Click on the links below to view the presentations. Day 1 Conference Presentations John Gluck, Ph.D. - What is Missing in the Ethics of Animal Research? Brian Hare, Ph.D. - Noninvasive Cognition Research in Nonhuman Primates and Other Animals Hope Ferdowsian, M.D., M.P.H. |
Cancer and Nutrtion Web Seminars
Welcome to The Cancer Project’s Cancer and Nutrition Symposium Resources Page. You may download the following continuing education Web seminars, podcasts, or PowerPoint presentations. Rowan Chlebowski, M.D., |
Childhood Obesity Conference 2009 Presentations
Day 1 Presentations David Barker - Preventing Chronic Disease Frank Biro - Childhood obesity, childhood exposures, and adult morbidities Mikael Knip - Milk and Type 1 DM: The TRIGR Study Geetha Rahguveer - Adult Diseases Now Seen in Childhood Day 1 Panel: Neal Barnard - Are Government and Industry Responsi |
Two New Trauma Training Victories
Medical centers in New Jersey and Saskatchewan have stopped using live pigs for trauma training courses. Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses teach emergency medical procedures used to treat trauma injuries. At the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of |
2004 Golden Carrot Award Winners
The Golden Carrot Awards go to food service professionals who approach child nutrition in an innovative way that encourages children to eat more healthfully. The winning programs feature low-fat meals; encourage kids to eat lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; provide vegetarian or vegan menu items; resp |
2008 School Lunch Report Card: Results
Background | Criteria | Report Card | The Report Card School District Score Grade Montgomery County Public Schools (Md.) |
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. |
Human-Based Combat Trauma Training Methods
CAMPAIGN UPDATE: The Future Is Now in Medical Training: PCRM Shows Congress the Power of Medical Simulation > Human-Based Training Methods Because widely validated and accepted nonanimal alternatives for chemical casualty management and combat trauma training courses exist, there is no justif |
2012 PCRM School Lunch Report Card: Results
A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine October 2012 Background | Criteria | Report Card | INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS Pinellas County Schools: A+ (100) State: Florida 2008 Score: A (98) This is the first time in the 11-year history of the School Lunch Report Card that a school district received |
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