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trebor4258 - 26 Feb 2004 23:46 GMT

26 Feb 2004; Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Editorial Page

Headline of article is: "Details of Atkins' health problems should derail
interest in diet"

It's the same stuff that these people have been putting out over and over
again, but it amazed me to find that they actually got so much room on the
actual editorial page of a major city's paper. It's a four column article!

The article is not posted on www.ajc.com yet, so no link. Check your local
papers, it's not credited to a wire service, but no doubt it was widely
distributed. The author is Neal Barnard, the president of the PCRM.

I found an interesting site to use to check out some so-called experts,
worthy causes, foundations, etc. (No association with this site other than
having found it and having been thoroughly amused by some of their
commentary. It appears to be legit, but as with anything on the Internet,
buyer beware!) Their page on the PCRM is very entertaining.)

http://www.activistcash.com

Some great quotes from Dr. Barnard:

"Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use . It'
s time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets
legally accountable."
- PCRM's Neal Barnard in a September 1999 U.S. Newswire press release,
urging a federal lawsuit against "Big Meat"

"To give a child animal products is a form of child abuse."
- from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) president Neal
Barnard's 1994 book, Food For Life

Lots more if you're inclined to take a look.

trebor

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Barlovento - 27 Feb 2004 00:34 GMT

And they have their share of articles pro Atkins too
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/health/lowcarb/index.html

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trebor4258 - 27 Feb 2004 01:03 GMT

But do you consider the "Lifestyle" or "Food" section with the same gravitas
as the "Editorial" page?

trebor

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Luna - 27 Feb 2004 02:16 GMT

> But do you consider the "Lifestyle" or "Food" section with the same gravitas
> as the "Editorial" page?
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> trebor

More so, imo. The editorial page is for opinion pieces, sometimes backed
up by facts, sometimes not. The rest of the articles, even in the
Lifestyle section, are supposed to be factual reporting.

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Chet Hayes - 04 Mar 2004 13:55 GMT

The absurdity of this is not so much where in the paper it's located,
as the very premise of the article, as contained in the title. If
someone like Dr. Debakey, the heart transplant pioneer, were to die of
a heart attack, would the paper publish an article anywhere, attacking
the validity of his work based on the way he died? I think not.

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Gerry Schwartz - 04 Mar 2004 00:24 GMT

I've been following the recent news stories about PCRM leaking the
documents about Dr. Atkins. While Googling PCRM stories, I came across
a website alleging that PCRM board member, Dr. Henry Heimlich, of the
maneuver, has been engaged in various frauds. Has anybody seen any
news stories about this? Here's the URL:

http://complaint.active.ws

I'm posting this here because there's information about Dr. Heimlich's
own history of using laboratory dogs, which he appears to have
misrepresented in a speech to an animal rights group:

http://medicalfraud.freespeechsite.com/IOM-AHA-ARC_AnimalRights.html

The website also alleges that Dr. Heimlich only got involved in animal
rights as a result of a proposed 1986 research trial at the University
of Florida which was going to study the Heimlich maneuver for
drowning. At the time, Dr. Heimlich himself stated he wanted to cancel
the proposed study. Then aggressive protests by Florida PETA activists
did indeed help to cancel it:

http://medicalfraud.freespeechsite.com/IOM-AHA-ARC_UF_Study.html

I can't vouch for this material and I have no axe to grind for or
against PCRM or Dr. Heimlich, but it's pretty fascinating stuff. Dr.
Heimlich criticized the proposed 1986 study because it used lab dogs,
but he had used lab dogs himself in a 1982 study. Was Dr. Heimlich
trying to shut down the study because it would disprove his drowning
theory? Were the PETA protesters being manipulated by him for his own
purposes?

Does anybody have any more facts about about Dr. Heimlich's
involvement in the animal rights movement? From PCRM's website, I see
that Dr. Heimlich made a video for PCRM and is a member of their
board. But has Dr. Heimlich publicly challenged any other specific
research studies using animals or did he just challenge this one that
might have disproven his drowning theory?

GERRY

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