Physicians Committe for Responsible Medicine PCRM 5100 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20016 Phone: 202-686-2210 Fax: 202-686-2216 E-mail: pcrm@pcrm.org

Prevention
PCRM promotes preventive medicine through innovative programs:

• PCRM has led the way for reforms of federal nutrition policies.
• Our clinical research programs are breaking new ground in diabetes, cancer, and other serious conditions.
• The Cancer Prevention and Survival Fund has provided vital information to tens of thousands of people.
• The Gold Plan is a program for healthful eating for businesses,hospitals, and schools.
• The New Four Food Groups is PCRM’s innovative proposal for a federal nutrition policy that puts a new priority on health. The program also includes an effective nutrition curriculum for schools.
• Our Saving Lives public service announcement series featured Dr.
  Henry Heimlich demonstrating the Heimlich Maneuver, as well as
  messages on heart disease and cancer prevention.

Research Advocacy
We encourage higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research:

• We oppose unethical human experiments. While great strides have been made in eliminating such experiments, problems remain. For example, children are still given synthetic growth hormone in experiments to make them taller, and both children and adults are exposed to unnecessary new drugs which have toxic effects. We promote alternatives to animal research.
• We have worked to put a stop to gruesome experiments, such as the military’s cat-shooting studies, DEA narcotics experiments, and monkey self-mutilation projects. We also promote non-animal methods in medical education. Currently, more than half of all U.S. medical
  schools have dropped their animal labs for medical students.

Medical Care
PCRM advocates broader access to medical services:

• We promote better medical care for disenfranchised groups,
  including minorities, women, persons with AIDS, and homeless
  persons.

Organization

• Founded in 1985, PCRM is a non-profit organization supported by over
  5,000 physicians and 100,000 laypersons. Supporters receive Good
  Medicine each quarter. PCRM programs combine the efforts of medical
  experts and grass-roots individuals.

Leadership

• PCRM president Neal D. Barnard, M.D., is a popular speaker and the author of Foods That Fight Pain; Eat Right, Live Longer; Food for Life; and other books on preventive medicine. PCRM’s advisory board includes 12 health professionals from a broad range of specialties.