The study shows that much greater educational efforts are essential. The prevalence of major illness among omnivores and vegetarians was compared in studies that controlled for other lifestyle factors, and the corresponding potential health care savings were calculated in 1994 dollars. The Medicare savings attributable to vegetarian dietary practices. Am J Clin Nutr, in press. A follow-up survey seven years later showed that overall animal use had dropped substantially.
Alternatives are widely available for all animal uses in undergraduate medical education.
Computer models and films were the most commonly used non-animal alternatives offered in physiology and pharmacology, while operating room experience was the most common alternative in surgery. Barnard ND, Stolz J, Baron L. Use of and alternatives to animals in laboratory courses. Wolfe M, Barnard ND, McCaffrey S. Animal laboratories in medical school curricula. Unethical Human Research Abuses in human research are less common than in the past, but they still occur, particularly where informed consent is difficult, such as in children. Recent research abuses were reviewed and the need for more vigilance in human research was underscored.