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theGRIO REPORT – Not many teen parents will be sitting in the classroom this fall. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy cites parenthood as a leading cause of school dropout among teen girls…
theGRIO REPORT – As kids return to school, avoiding playground and sports injuries are on many parents’ minds. But, a new study questions whether nutrition has more to do with breaking a bone…
OPINION – I had always been physically active during my childhood and adolescent years. I grew up as a very shy, sheltered child in comparison to my neighborhood friends…
OPINION – The proposed changes to Medicaid and Medicare by congressman, and Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Paul Ryan will undoubtedly change the landscape of 24/7 emergency care…
White children are more likely than black or Hispanic children to be given CT — or ‘cat’– scans when arriving at hospital emergency rooms with minor head trauma, a study has found…
theGRIO REPORT – The sexually transmitted disease, gonorrhea, colloquially known as “the clap,” may soon have no drugs left to treat the infection…
theGRIO REPORT – Dr. Tyeese Gaines, an emergency medicine physician and health editor for theGrio.com, answers reader questions about back pain and high blood pressure…
theGRIO REPORT – This week’s abrupt hiatus from the show leaves fans wondering whether her declaration of ‘I’m going to beat this’ may, in fact, be more difficult than they anticipated…
theGRIO REPORT – The benefits of kissing are real. Maybe equally as thrilling as the romance factor is that kissing reduces stress, too…
theGRIO REPORT – New research raises the question of a link between childhood sexual abuse and a higher risk for HIV/AIDS…
Many parents know that a needle is in their kid’s future — either shots or a blood draw. And kids know it, too. As schools start to reopen, loads of parents are faced with the dilemma of how to manage the child’s terror…
theGRIO REPORT – Injured athletes have an increased risk of developing mental illnesses and are less likely to seek psychiatric help…
theGRIO REPORT – Of the over 600,000 residents of the District of Columbia, 2.7 percent are living with HIV. Despite that fact, there has not been one infant born with HIV since 2009…
theGRIO REPORT – Black teens are engaging in less risky sexual behavior than two decades ago, according to new data…
theGRIO REPORT – A new study of Pennsylvania teens found racial differences in the personality traits that contribute to youth drinking…
theGRIO REPORT – Black gay couples and white gay couples practice safe sex differently, according to new data presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C…
theGRIO REPORT – For the first time since Congress lifted a ban preventing HIV-positive people from traveling or immigrating to the United States, the International AIDS conference hits U.S. soil…
OPINION – Many religious faiths recommend spiritual strengthening through periods of prayer and fasting. While fasting is a commendable spiritual practice, it’s one that could come with major health risk when you have diabetes…
OPINION – Sometime last year, during the course of a seemingly normal evening, I spotted an oozing gash across my daughter’s forearm…