Ga. residents fight childhood obesity
theGRIO REPORT - More than 30 organizations turned out at the Georgia state Capitol on Wednesday to rally against the growing epidemic of childhood obesity in the state...
4 food groups every vegetarian should eat
theGRIO REPORT - Whether you're a vegetarian, flexitarian – or you fall somewhere in between – it’s important to "Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day."
Early baldness, prostate cancer linked
theGRIO REPORT - Young, balding African-American men are at higher risk for developing prostate cancer at an earlier age, says a new study out today...
7 reasons we don’t eat right and exercise
Blackdoctor.org - Most people know how to eat right and exercise…right? Maybe, maybe not...
Childhood trauma, fibroids linked
theGRIO REPORT - Research conducted within the Black Women's Health Study at Boston University School of Public Health recently found a link between childhood abuse and fibroids...
Study: Abortion rates 4 times higher among black teens
theGRIO REPORT - According to research conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, 41 per 1,000 women between the ages of 15-19 who have undergone procedures for abortion were African-American teens...
Black men: Here's your wake-up call
OPINION - Have you received a wake-up call yet? For too many of us, it takes a sudden wake-up call to make us realize that we’re not invincible...
Medical marijuana facility partners with rapper 'Flesh-N-Bone'
OTISVILLE, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to cultivate and distribute a new strain of medical marijuana...
Do chain stores avoid black neighborhoods?
theGRIO REPORT - Many necessary retail resources were either non-existent, scarce or required traveling some distance...
Fewer black children get antibiotics
theGRIO REPORT - Black children are less likely to receive a prescription antibiotic than their nonblack counterparts -- even when treated by the same health provider...
