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New Report Highlights Differences Between Healthy and Unhealthy Ultra-Processed Foods

A new report underscores the significant variations in healthfulness of different types of processed foods. The report, ...
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Citizen Complaint Raises Questions About Research Integrity at OHSU

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is calling attention to a citizen complaint filed with the Oregon Health & ...
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New Hampshire Fisher Cats Urged to Retire Manchester Chicken Tenders Identity That Promotes Unhealthy Food

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, a Minor League Baseball team, occasionally plays under two alternate identities: the ...
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“Mac: Get Cruelty Out of Psych Classes,” Urge Mobile Billboards Circling Macalester’s Commencement on May 16

Get Cruelty Out of Psych Classes,” is one of three messages that students, parents, and faculty attending Macalester ...
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Monkeys Imported for Medical Research Increase Risk of Animal-to-Human Pathogen Transmission

Many of the most prominent and recent disease outbreaks have been a result of animal-to-human pathogen transmission, including HIV, Ebola, mpox, and COVID-19. A new study published in Science by a ...
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A Plant-Based Diet: Eating for the Environment

Shifting diets from meat and other animal products to plant-based diets has a high potential for reducing carbon footprints and mitigating climate change, as well as improving human health, according ...
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Joel Fuhrman, MD

Joel Fuhrman, MD, is a board-certified family physician, seven-time New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized expert on nutrition and natural healing. He specializes in ...
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Plant-Based Diet Associated With Reduced Inflammation

Inflammation, while beneficial for responding to acute injury, is damaging when chronic and can contribute to diseases like heart disease and diabetes.
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American Heart Association Recommends Plant-Based Protein Over Meat

Updated American Heart Association guidelines for improving cardiovascular health recommend prioritizing plant-based proteins (such as legumes and nuts) over meat, and replacing full-fat dairy and ...
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USDA Refuses To Protect Consumers From Fecal Contamination of Chicken and Other Meat

WASHINGTON—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine—a nonprofit with 12,000 doctor members—sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture in April for ignoring concerns over fecal contamination of ...
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A Vegan Diet Improves Insulin Resistance in Just Two Days

A new randomized crossover trial looked at the effect of a vegan diet compared to an omnivorous diet in 30 healthy, older adults. When the participants ate the vegan diet, they had significantly lower ...
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Making Animal Experiments the Exception: The Physicians Committee’s Road to FDA Reform

In April 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies—a landmark initiative that lays out a plan to make animal ...