Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Donate

News Releases

Learn about the Physicians Committee’s latest campaigns. Journalists: For more information or to arrange an interview with one of our experts, please contact the media contact listed at the bottom of the news release.

News Release
Dec 4, 2020

New Study Debunks Blood Type Diet

WASHINGTON—A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics by researchers with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine—a nonprofit of 12,000 doctors—debunks the “blood type diet” by finding that blood type was not associated with the effects of a plant-based diet on body weight, body fat, plasma lipid concentrations, or glycemic control.

News Release
Dec 2, 2020

FDA Launches Program to Approve Human Biology-Based Methods for Use in Drug Development

News Release
Nov 30, 2020

Plant-Based Diet Ramps Up Metabolism, According to New Study

News Release
Nov 19, 2020

Doctors Urge South Dakota Governor to Promote Plant Protein

News Release
Nov 19, 2020

Doctors Urge Nebraska Governor to Promote Healthful Plant-Based Protein Like Beans Over Beef

News Release
Nov 18, 2020

Patients Strongly Favor Banning Bacon in Hospitals, According to New Survey

News Release
Nov 11, 2020

Veterans, Billboards Urge Naval Medical Center Portsmouth to End Animal Use for Medical Training

News Release
Oct 30, 2020

USDA Moves To Dismiss Lawsuit To Require SARS-CoV-2 Labeling of Meat While Awarding $1 Million to Texas A&M To Determine Survival of Virus on Meat, Meat Packaging

News Release
Oct 29, 2020

Florida School Goes to Court to Fight Milk Mandate

News Release
Oct 28, 2020

At Local Hearing, D.C. Physician Leader Urges Government to Address Underlying Conditions that Increase Deaths from COVID-19

Join the Kickstart

Prevention starts today. Join the 21-Day Vegan Kickstart.

21-Day Kickstart

Get Healthy With Good Nutrition

Food for Life classes teach you how to improve your health with a plant-based diet.