Say YES to Humane Cosmetics, Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH) & the ALDF sues State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry!
In recent years, the meat and dairy industries have begun producing their own faulty, industry-funded “research.” With the media consistently on the lookout for contrarian stories, this biased research can be dangerously effective at gaining the attention of the public and even the medical community. It’s how “Eat Butter” recently ended up on the cover of Time Magazine.
The Physicians Committee aims to combat faulty, industry-funded “research” and increase the number of peer-reviewed studies demonstrating the health benefits of a plant-based diet. The short-term goal of this work is to influence the 2020 Dietary Guidelines, federal nutrition policy that is updated every five years and has an enormous influence on the food served to vulnerable populations. Long-term, we aim to modernize medicine and transform the way we regard the link between diet and disease prevention—saving both human and animal lives.
We launched our Nutrition Research program in the summer of 2015, and in just three years we have made incredible progress. The Physicians Committee is conducting two types of studies: meta-analyses and clinical trials. A meta-analysis is a statistical procedure in which we combine data from all studies on a particular topic to draw a conclusion. These studies can be very influential. For example, the Physicians Committee’s meta-analysis on blood pressure was cited in the 2015 Guidelines to support their recommendation of a vegetarian diet.
Since the beginning of 2017, we’ve published 15 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Nutrition Review, and the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Our peer-reviewed studies have looked at the link between diet and heart disease, cholesterol, and diabetes risk, and the results have favored a plant-based diet every time!
The Physicians Committee also contributed to the American Dietetic Association’s new position paper on the effectiveness of a vegan diet for all stages of the life cycle. We are currently in the final stages of several new groundbreaking studies, and we can’t wait to share the results with you.
To learn more about our clinical research, please watch this short video from Dr. Neal Barnard and our expert researchers.
Earlier this month, we posted two billboards challenging the use of live pigs for training at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. The hospital is one of only two of 309 surveyed programs in the United States and Canada that use live animals in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses.
Please call Baystate today! Dr. Ronald Gross is in charge of this training program. When you call, it’s important that you are polite and encouraging.
Ronald Gross, M.D., F.A.C.S
Chief, Division of Trauma, Acute Care, and Surgical Critical Care
Phone: 413-794-4022
*You will reach Dr. Gross’s secretary. Please leave a polite message.
After you call, please send an e-mail to Baystate officials.
At Baystate, participants in ATLS courses are taught emergency medical skills by performing procedures that involve cutting into live pigs. If the animals survive the invasive procedures, they are killed following the training session. But that’s not how most ATLS courses are taught. Today, 99 percent of surveyed ATLS programs in the United States and Canada (307 of 309) use only nonanimal training methods, such as human-based medical simulators and cadavers.
I understand that not everyone was able to join the call, and because we feel so strongly about the importance of this lifesaving work, I wanted to give everyone a chance to hear it. You can listen to a recording here.
2. Mice's sex drive tested after brains burned Location: Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts Experiments:Experimenters locked female mice into restraint devices, drilled holes into their skulls, and burned lesions into their brains. The females were then presented with urine samples from castrated and intact males, and the amount of time they spent sniffing each urine sample was recorded. In a subsequent experiment, the females were placed with males and the females' sexual receptivity as indicated by their back-arching behavior was observed and rated. All of the mice were killed and dissected. Cost to taxpayers: $1,505,173
3. Rats' sex drive tested following Prozac injections and removal of ovaries Location: Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas Experiments: Experimenters injected female rats with antidepressant drugs and placed them with male rats. The females' sexual receptivity, as indicated by the downward arching of their backs, was observed and measured. The experimenters then manipulated the female rats, surgically removing their ovaries and injecting sex hormones, and again observed the rats' sexual behavior. Cost to taxpayers: $2,024,949
4. Hamsters' sex drive tested following brain damage Location: University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, California Experiments: Experimenters cut into the skulls of female hamsters and implanted tubes into their brains and pumps into their scalps. Saline or hormones related to sexual behavior were pumped into the females' brains, and the animals were videotaped as they were able to see, smell, and hear—but not touch—a male hamster. The sexual receptivity of the females to male hamsters was measured through their vaginal scent markings. Experimenters used brushes to stimulate the female hamsters, and the extent of sexual receptivity as indicated by their back-arching behavior was observed and rated. The animals were then killed, and their brains were dissected. Cost to taxpayers: $1,817,502
5. Rats' interest in drugs tested following brain damage and sex withdrawal Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Experiments: Experimenters measured the time taken for male rats to mount females, insert their penises, and ejaculate. The experimenters then restrained the rats, cut into their skulls, implanted tubes into their brains, and pumped in a chemical that would block the rats' ability to process sexual pleasure. The experimenters then watched the rats having sex, withheld sex from the rats for seven to 28 days, and noted the rats' increased interest in an amphetamine reward. All the animals were killed, and their brains were dissected. Cost to taxpayers: $4,547,605
Please help PETA end this obscene cruelty by asking NIH to cut taxpayer funding for sex experiments on animals.
The Physicians Committee aims to combat faulty, industry-funded “research” and increase the number of peer-reviewed studies demonstrating the health benefits of a plant-based diet. The short-term goal of this work is to influence the 2020 Dietary Guidelines, federal nutrition policy that is updated every five years and has an enormous influence on the food served to vulnerable populations. Long-term, we aim to modernize medicine and transform the way we regard the link between diet and disease prevention—saving both human and animal lives.
We launched our Nutrition Research program in the summer of 2015, and in just three years we have made incredible progress. The Physicians Committee is conducting two types of studies: meta-analyses and clinical trials. A meta-analysis is a statistical procedure in which we combine data from all studies on a particular topic to draw a conclusion. These studies can be very influential. For example, the Physicians Committee’s meta-analysis on blood pressure was cited in the 2015 Guidelines to support their recommendation of a vegetarian diet.
Since the beginning of 2017, we’ve published 15 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Nutrition Review, and the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Our peer-reviewed studies have looked at the link between diet and heart disease, cholesterol, and diabetes risk, and the results have favored a plant-based diet every time!
The Physicians Committee also contributed to the American Dietetic Association’s new position paper on the effectiveness of a vegan diet for all stages of the life cycle. We are currently in the final stages of several new groundbreaking studies, and we can’t wait to share the results with you.
To learn more about our clinical research, please watch this short video from Dr. Neal Barnard and our expert researchers.
Please call Baystate today! Dr. Ronald Gross is in charge of this training program. When you call, it’s important that you are polite and encouraging.
Ronald Gross, M.D., F.A.C.S
Chief, Division of Trauma, Acute Care, and Surgical Critical Care
Phone: 413-794-4022
*You will reach Dr. Gross’s secretary. Please leave a polite message.
After you call, please send an e-mail to Baystate officials.
At Baystate, participants in ATLS courses are taught emergency medical skills by performing procedures that involve cutting into live pigs. If the animals survive the invasive procedures, they are killed following the training session. But that’s not how most ATLS courses are taught. Today, 99 percent of surveyed ATLS programs in the United States and Canada (307 of 309) use only nonanimal training methods, such as human-based medical simulators and cadavers.
I understand that not everyone was able to join the call, and because we feel so strongly about the importance of this lifesaving work, I wanted to give everyone a chance to hear it. You can listen to a recording here.
Millions Spent to Cut Holes in Hamster's Skulls, Burn Brains of Mice, and More. Funding was cut for four sick sex experiments on animals—there's one more to go.
When an agency like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) throws about $12 billion each year—nearly half its entire research budget—at thousands of experiments on animals, it's impossible for the public to keep track of all the cruel and useless projects for which its tax dollars are being squandered to cause animals pain and suffering. And even though public opposition to experiments on animals is greater than ever, there is apparently no project too trivial or too stupid for NIH to throw money at. Case in point: Right now, NIH is funding dozens of bizarre, stomach-churning sexual behavior studies in which animals have the sexual pleasure area of their brains damaged and their genitals mutilated. Animals are sexually stimulated by experimenters, observed having sex, and subjected to other twisted procedures. NIH has spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on these sex experiments, and these five are just some of the most upsetting projects currently receiving funding:
1. Mice and rats electrically stimulated after penises mutilated and injected with chemicals Location: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Experiments: Experimenters cut all the skin off the penises of live mice and rats, electrically stimulated their penises with electrodes for up to five minutes, and injected their penises with various chemicals to see if they'd sustain an erection. The animals were then killed, and their penises were cut apart. Cost to taxpayers: $2,792,1442. Mice's sex drive tested after brains burned Location: Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts Experiments:Experimenters locked female mice into restraint devices, drilled holes into their skulls, and burned lesions into their brains. The females were then presented with urine samples from castrated and intact males, and the amount of time they spent sniffing each urine sample was recorded. In a subsequent experiment, the females were placed with males and the females' sexual receptivity as indicated by their back-arching behavior was observed and rated. All of the mice were killed and dissected. Cost to taxpayers: $1,505,173
3. Rats' sex drive tested following Prozac injections and removal of ovaries Location: Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas Experiments: Experimenters injected female rats with antidepressant drugs and placed them with male rats. The females' sexual receptivity, as indicated by the downward arching of their backs, was observed and measured. The experimenters then manipulated the female rats, surgically removing their ovaries and injecting sex hormones, and again observed the rats' sexual behavior. Cost to taxpayers: $2,024,949
4. Hamsters' sex drive tested following brain damage Location: University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, California Experiments: Experimenters cut into the skulls of female hamsters and implanted tubes into their brains and pumps into their scalps. Saline or hormones related to sexual behavior were pumped into the females' brains, and the animals were videotaped as they were able to see, smell, and hear—but not touch—a male hamster. The sexual receptivity of the females to male hamsters was measured through their vaginal scent markings. Experimenters used brushes to stimulate the female hamsters, and the extent of sexual receptivity as indicated by their back-arching behavior was observed and rated. The animals were then killed, and their brains were dissected. Cost to taxpayers: $1,817,502
5. Rats' interest in drugs tested following brain damage and sex withdrawal Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Experiments: Experimenters measured the time taken for male rats to mount females, insert their penises, and ejaculate. The experimenters then restrained the rats, cut into their skulls, implanted tubes into their brains, and pumped in a chemical that would block the rats' ability to process sexual pleasure. The experimenters then watched the rats having sex, withheld sex from the rats for seven to 28 days, and noted the rats' increased interest in an amphetamine reward. All the animals were killed, and their brains were dissected. Cost to taxpayers: $4,547,605
Please help PETA end this obscene cruelty by asking NIH to cut taxpayer funding for sex experiments on animals.
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