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Food for Life Training: Agenda
Translating Nutrition Research into Community Education: A Workshop for Implementing Diet-Related Chronic Disease Curricula Food for Life Training: Agenda SIGN UP TO RECEIVE UPDATES > Wednesday, June 26 |
Half-Marathon Plan
This half-marathon plan is from vegan marathoner and ultrarunner Matt Frazier. He's also the founder of the popular blog No Meat Athlete, where he shares recipes, nutrition and training articles, and other tools for fueling an active lifestyle with a plant-based diet. The numbers in the table refer to the number of mi |
Diet and Cancer Research
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0 eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'"); if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0; } What we eat and how we treat our bodies on a daily basis have a very powerful effect on our health and quality of life. Although cancer can affe |
Marathon Plan
This marathon plan is from vegan marathoner and ultrarunner Matt Frazier. He's also the founder of the popular blog No Meat Athlete, where he shares recipes, nutrition and training articles, and other tools for fueling an active lifestyle with a plant-based diet. The numbers in the table refer to the number of miles t |
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 |
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 |
Frequently Asked Questions: Implementing Nonanimal Training Methods in U.S. Military Medical Courses
Frequently Asked Questions: Implementing Nonanimal Training Methods in U.S. Military Medical Courses Q: What does this medical training entail? A: In U.S. military combat trauma training courses, instructors attempt to replicate combat trauma injuries on live pigs and goats. The animals are subjected to severe |
Monkeys Poisoned, Goats Maimed in Gruesome Military Training
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer calls it a growing controversy. Last month, The Situation Room aired military videos obtained by PCRM through the Freedom of Information Act that reveal the unlawful use of live animals for medical training. But Congress and PCRM are asking the military to switch from these inhumane exercis |
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 |
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 |
Food for Life Training: Overview
Translating Nutrition Research into Community Education: A Workshop for Implementing Diet-Related Chronic Disease Curricula Application Deadline: March 29, 2013 Application |
H.R. 1417, the BEST Practices Act Summary: A Bill to Advance Medical Treatment of Our Service Members
Legislative Efforts to Replace the Use of Live Animals in Combat Trauma Training Current Deficiencies in Military Medical Training The U.S. military has made impressive strides in the development and utilization of medical training methods. Some training courses, however, still involve the use of l |
Bill Requires End of Live Animal Use in Military Medical Training
The U.S. military is fighting two wars, so it’s essential that service members receive the best medical training available. A new bill recently introduced in Congress and language in a Defense Appropriations Bill report could move the military toward using human-based, state-of-the-art training methods— |
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