Read a critique of the literature on religion, spirituality and health by Richard P. Sloan, director of the behavioral medicine program at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, N.Y.

Read about the “relaxation response” as defined by the father of mind-body medicine research, Dr. Herbert Benson.

Mind and Life Institute was created in 1987 to promote neuroscience research on the mind, Buddhism, health and meditation.

Read a primer on the techniques of mind-body medicine, including the use of biofeedback, relaxation techniques and spirituality, from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

Read a backgrounder on mind-body medicine by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

2005 news release from the Center for Consumer Freedom about Dr. Jerry Vlasak’s testimony in support of murdering scientists who test on animals in front of the U.S. Senate. Read the U.S. Senate transcript of Dr. Vlasak’s testimony.

Article from the January 2006 issue of Scientific American about increasingly more sophisticated alternatives to animal testing.

Compilation of resources on animal rights and testing from the North Carolina State University library.

2004 article from the BBC which suggests that animal testing is in decline.