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  May 2005 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine  
News and Campaign Updates
Food Pyramid Thumbs Down on Government’s New Food Guidance System
Public health advocates criticized it. The food industry praised it. And editorial cartoonists had a field day poking fun at it. Find out what everyone is saying about MyPyramid, the newly released replacement for the old Food Guide Pyramid. Read more…
Lab Rat Research Lab in Florida Goes Animal Free
Two years ago, PCRM learned that a company called Suspended Animation was planning to freeze and kill animals as it studied how to preserve human bodies after death. Find out how and why the company changed its plans. Read more…
Award Winners PCRM Establishes Awards in Honor of Benjamin Spock and Henry Heimlich
PCRM honored Seattle inventor Chris Toly and Cleveland cardiologist Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., with newly created awards last month. Find out more…
Fast Food PCRM Opposes Immunity for Food Industry
The hit documentary Super Size Me exposed the fast food industry’s culpability in America's obesity epidemic, but 18 states have passed laws absolving the businesses of any responsibility. Find out PCRM's position…
TraumaMan TraumaMan Makes Headlines as Alternative Training Method
Some trauma training courses in the United States still use live animals to teach techniques and to test students’ abilities. But nonanimal alternatives are rapidly gaining ground, as recent stories from National Public Radio, The New Yorker, and other media outlets make clear. Read more…

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