How 'grave' is Missy Elliott's thyroid disease?
theGRIO REPORT - If diagnosed early, the patient has fewer years of suffering. It never goes away completely, but it can be controlled...
Miami summer camp makes learning fun!
VIDEO - A Miami-Dade enrichment program is shedding new light on summer camps in South Florida...
FDA issues graphic new cigarette labels
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - The labels, which show rotting teeth, diseased lungs, and a smoker's corpse, cover the top half -- both front and back -- of a pack of cigarettes...
North Carolina grapples with sterilization legacy
RALEIGH, NC (AP) - Next week, victims and their relatives will tell their stories to a state task force considering compensation to victims of sterilizations that continued into 1974...
Is too much TV a recipe for childhood obesity?
theGRIO REPORT - Given the fact that 40 percent of minority children are considered overweight or obese, could there be a link between media usage and obesity rates of children of color?...
Patient volunteers for stroke treatment using stem cells
VIDEO - According to neuro-interventional surgeon Dr. George Rappard, most patients who don't get treatment before the stroke damages brain have little to look forward to...
Robert Horry's daughter passes away from rare desease
Ashlyn Horry, the 17-year-old daughter of former NBA player Robert Horry, died today from "severe respiratory issues and a host of other complications...
Poor sleep linked to perceived racism, including in white people
A new study has found that self-reported sleep disturbance correlated to perceived racism, which was increased by 61 percent after adjusting for socioeconomic factors and symptoms of depression...
Mozambique kids suffer for lack of cheap meds
theGRIO REPORT - In Nampula General, up to 60 percent of beds are taken up by patients with basic forms of two illnesses -- pneumonia and diarrhea...
Model is proof heart disease doesn't discriminate
VIDEO - A successful fashion model is putting a new face on the issue of heart disease...
