A large study of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs conducted over a period of nine years has confirmed what previous studies have found: Statins, such as Lipitor and Crestor, can lower cholesterol levels—but at a price. Known side effects include muscle pain, nausea, and damage to the liver and nervous system. In fact, the study, which was recently published in …

Four of the biggest health problems in America—heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer—are largely preventable. In many cases, they can even be reversed with simple lifestyle changes.

For the next few weeks, PETA Prime will be reviewing the latest health findings on all four of these problems, which touch millions of Americans each year. …

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If you had the same reaction that I did (i.e., violent retching) when you heard about KFC's hideously unhealthy Double Down (you know, the sandwich that replaced bread with fried chicken and forced you to think about all those globules of deadly …

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We at PETA often refer to our love of vegan chocolate, but put this on record: We're also fond of vegetarian vanilla-that is, rapper Vanilla Ice, star of DIY's The Vanilla Ice Project.

"It opened up a whole new menu to me," he says about going …

February is American Heart Month, and if you need another reason to do more to safeguard your heart, take a look at this compelling personal story about heart surgery, written by my coworker, Paula Moore:

Last year, my boyfriend's cousin, Marilyn, underwent open-heart surgery. Five of her coronary arteries …

A recent study indicating that healthy people who took statin drugs cut their risk of heart attacks by 50 percent has some folks speed-dialing their general practitioners and asking if they should start taking a cholesterol-lowering drug. But a …

I just returned from Washington, D.C., where, for the fourth year in a row, PETA staffed a booth at the annual AARP convention. It was amazing!

We had more than 1,000 people visit our booth over the course of the three-day conference. All wanted more …