About Dr. Tyeese L. Gaines

Dr. Tyeese Gaines is a medical journalist with more than 20 years of print and broadcast experience, and a board-certified emergency medicine physician with years of healthcare management experience. Since earning her master's degree in journalism from Northeastern University in 2003, Dr. Ty has appeared as an on-air medical expert for local and national news shows and written for various online, magazine and newspaper outlets. She currently hosts the Black America's Health Youtube series.

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Many necessary retail resources were either non-existent, scarce or required traveling some distance…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Black children are less likely to receive a prescription antibiotic than their nonblack counterparts — even when treated by the same health provider…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 15, 2013
Black Health Matters – According to the National Restaurant Association, 30,000 restaurants nationwide are part of the association’s Kids LiveWell program that helps parents and children choose healthy meal items when dining out…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – After more than three decades of studying life-threatening sickle cell disease, the most prevalent of all hereditary illnesses, University of Michigan Medical School researchers have discovered that an anti-depressant wipes out the disorder in lab-tested human blood and mice…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 13, 2013
BLACKDOCTOR.ORG – Physical and/or sexual abuse may be potential asthma causes in black women. In fact, abuse may more than double the odds of a child having asthma…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Now that the Affordable Health Care Act is law, consumers can start exploring health insurance plans that will suit their needs and budgets, protect their rights, and lower the cost to tax payers…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – When Vince Wilson, 44, was in his early 20s, he considered being a doctor, yet his own insecurities held him back…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 18, 2013
OPINION – We’ve seen how people, organizations and events have shaped who we are as African-American women…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – Many parents lament over their children not following directions, lack of focus or inability to sit still…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 14, 2013
SLIDESHOW – With consequences ranging from catching a virus to bad gingivitis, sometimes a kiss is not just a kiss…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – A new report shows that nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occur annually…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – The pediatrician’s first reaction to then second-grader Kayla Haye’s budding breasts—a sign of the child’s premature puberty—was to consider placing her on therapeutic hormones…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – There’s been a significant increase in HIV testing among black women in just the last three years. With that awareness, however, comes what some consider unfortunate consequence…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – It’s pretty well understood that unprotected vaginal intercourse places the two people involved at a higher risk for spreading HIV, yet so do other common sexual behaviors that you may not have thought about…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – The overall rate of African-American deaths from cancer is declining and African-American men are seeing the fastest decline than any other group…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – The foods, robust flavors and healthy cooking techniques that were core to the wellbeing of our ancestors may actually be the path to optimal health…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – A 2011 article in Science uncovered that black scientists are more likely to be rejected for medical research grants. Yet, a new study refutes any racial bias in the process…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
January 31, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – If you managed to escape the flu, there’s yet another threat to your immune system: a highly contagious stomach bug called norovirus…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
January 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – If not for a doctor’s visit to investigate a boil under her arm, Tamika Felder, age 25, would not have known that she had cervical cancer…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
January 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT – How segregated a neighborhood is may determine who dies from lung cancer, according to a new study…