Bob Barker Asks University of Virginia to End Inhumane Use of Live Cats in Labs
Research | Jan. 27, 2012

Bob Barker, longtime host of The Price is Right and advocate for the humane treatment of animals, has joined PCRM in asking the University of Virginia to end the use of live cats in its pediatrics residency program.

School Lunch Guidelines Fall Short: Still Too Much Meat, Dairy, and Junk in School Lunches
News Release | Jan. 26, 2012

New school lunch guidelines issued by the USDA are too little too late to stem the tide of childhood obesity.

Cheese and Obesity
Dr. Barnard's Blog | Jan. 24, 2012

The obesity epidemic is not caused by inactivity, bread, rice, gluttony, weak will, or a bad childhood. It is caused by a tsunami of unhealthful foods, and one of the worst, perhaps surprisingly, is cheese.

Texas Biomed Fined for Animal Care Violations
Dr. Barnard's Blog | Jan. 23, 2012

The Texas Biomedical Research Institute was recently fined $25,714 by the USDA for violations of the Animal Welfare Act. At PCRM, we've worked for years to keep the federal government from sending a group of chimpanzees currently living safely in New Mexico to Texas Biomed.

We Are All Paula Deen
Dr. Barnard's Blog | Jan. 18, 2012

Paula Deen, the TV chef who has long promoted the worst of American gluttony with butter, meat, and junk, had been hiding from her fans the fact that she had developed type 2 diabetes. Ms. Deen is a mirror. And what she shows us is that it's time to throw out the butter and cream gravy.

Fat-Focused Billboards Warn Albany that Cheese Makes You Chubby
News Release | Jan. 18, 2012

Two huge PCRM billboards warn Albany residents that eating cheese poses a health risk and contributes to the area's high obesity rates.

PCRM Dietitians Offer to Help Paula Deen Fight Diabetes with Vegan Diet
Commentary | Jan. 17, 2012

"I want to let you know that I'm sorry to hear that you have to deal with the challenges of diabetes, but I want to offer my help," wrote PCRM's director of nutrition education Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., in a letter to Paula Deen.

Paula Deen Makes PCRM's Worst Cookbooks of 2011 List
News Release | Jan. 13, 2012

Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible, chock-full of high-fat recipes that can raise your risk for obesity, heart disease, and diabetes, has been named one of the five worst cookbooks of 2011, in a report released by PCRM.

Commentary on Institute of Medicine's Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Report
Dr. Barnard's Blog | Dec. 30, 2011

It is two weeks since the landmark Dec. 15 Institute of Medicine report Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research was released. PCRM's director of academic affairs John J. Pippin, M.D., describes the challenges ahead.