A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin - drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. ...more

November 16, 2009

Trans fats almost shut down a decades-old tradition in Hillsborough County schools. ...more

December 3, 2008

A venerable Ybor bakery that supplies Hillsborough schools staved off a New Jersey rival by finding a way to eliminate trans fats from its Cuban bread. ...more

December 2, 2008

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city. ...more

July 30, 2008

California on Friday became the first state to ban trans-fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the artery-clogger from menus. ...more

July 26, 2008

For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems. ...more

July 7, 2008

Before 9/11, my husband and I spent a lot of time traveling in Switzerland. We thoroughly enjoyed riding its excellent trains, with one exception. The panel of glass that separated nonsmokers from the smoking section was open at the top, making it impossible to escape the smoke. It made us wonder why they even bothered. That's the same question you have to ask when it comes to "healthy" junk food, a burgeoning new food group. ...more

September 27, 2007