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theGRIO REPORT – Effective use of birth control alone could eliminate the 47,000 maternal deaths caused each year by unsafe abortions…
theGRIO REPORT – The very public declaration of Usher Raymond’s stepson as brain dead highlights a little understood concept…
theGRIO REPORT – Dr. Tyeese Gaines, an emergency medicine physician and health editor for theGrio.com, answers reader questions about everything from food allergies to headaches…
theGRIO REPORT – Lack of access to healthy meals during summer months is, ironically, causing two separate health issues among minority children: hunger and obesity…
theGRIO REPORT – Of the 1.1 million Americans living with HIV and AIDS, one in five is unaware of his or her HIV-positive status. This statistic alone is one of the key reasons that clinics and community organizations…
theGRIO REPORT – From a family history of diseases to bad breath or incurable STDs, theGrio explores health-related issues a dating partner may have and how to get past it…
theGRIO REPORT – When a 7-year-old is bullied to the point of hanging himself, it puts schoolyard teasing into a whole new light…
SLIDESHOW – We know which diseases we suffer from the most… so, let’s take a look at ten conditions that we are least likely to have…
theGRIO REPORT – Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on large serving sizes of sugary drinks is yet another effort to curtail the dangers that come along with high sugar intake — namely, obesity…
theGRIO REPORT – The horrifying thought of a man eating another man’s face leads one to ask: how could someone in his or her right mind do that? Clearly, Rudy Eugene was not in his…
OPINION – When Alice Randall’s New York Times opinion piece titled ‘Black Women and Fat’ appeared, the blogosphere erupted in aggravation over her claim that ‘many black women are fat because we want to be’…
theGRIO REPORT – On the road or at home, it’s important to beware of holiday dangers. Keep your weekend from turning into a disaster with these four safety tips…
theGRIO REPORT – Homophobia could be causing black men who have sex with men (MSM) to engage in more risky behavior for HIV, according to a new study published in the journal AIDS and Behaviour…
theGRIO REPORT – Dr. Tyeese Gaines, an emergency medicine physician and health editor for theGrio.com, answers reader questions about everything from shingles to concussions…
theGRIO REPORT – Black cardiac arrest victims whose hearts stop outside of the hospital are less likely to receive CPR or shocks to the heart from bystanders, according to new research presented today…
theGRIO REPORT – Moms routinely juggle long lists of to-dos from all facets of their lives except the most important: themselves. Mom should take one or two days at a set time each year and line up appointments to keep her healthy…
theGRIO REPORT – Send us the minority health-related questions you want Dr. Ty to ask the White House! Tweet your questions to @theGrio with the hashtag #MinorityHealth or email askdoctorty@gmail.com…
theGRIO REPORT – The ‘choking game’ involves decreasing the amount of oxygen to the brain, leading to a sensation which some describe as floaty, tingling, or a euphoric high…
theGRIO Q&A – With stories of black market butt injections making recent headline, 30-year-old exotic dancer and author Vanity Wonder spoke with theGrio about her experiences with ‘butt shots’,,,
theGRIO REPORT – In order for lack of sleep to lead to seizures, Rick Ross would have to have an underlying seizure disorder like epilepsy…