Gene in blacks linked to rise in ‘non-diabetic’ kidney disease
theGRIO REPORT - Spending nine hours a week in a dialysis chair watching her blood filter through a large machine was not what Wendy Rodgers imagined for her 20s...
Why Gov. Barbour had to free Scott sisters
OPINION - After taking a major media pummeling for his comments and under increasing pressure to do something about the unjust double-life sentencing of two black sisters...
Black Harvard doctor pens memoir of Jim Crow South
BOSTON (AP) - The book covers his life as the first African-American to graduate from Stanford Medical School and becoming the first black department head at Harvard's teaching hospitals...
Beyoncé's trainer explains how to stay fit for the holidays
During the holidays, it's easy to overindulge in all the yummy, home-cooked treats...
Will HIV 'cure' reach the people who need it most?
OPINION - The costs of these drugs and treatments tend to be prohibitive, making them inaccessible to most...
Mom sues McDonald's for using toys to 'bait' kids
VIDEO - "I would like my children to make decisions about food aside from a toy that they would like to have" says Monet Parham...
Black hair products may sacrifice safety for style
theGRIO REPORT - The chemical relaxers, oil sheen, hair grease, and spray women apply to her hair and scalp could be laced with harmful chemicals...
Jury awards $71M in free cigarettes for blacks lawsuit
BOSTON (AP) - Willie Evans alleged the Greensboro, N.C.-based Lorillard Tobacco Co. introduced his mother to smoking as a child in the 1950s by giving her free Newport cigarettes...
South African to double HIV patient treatment
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's health minister says he has brought down the cost of HIV drugs by 53 percent...
First Lady, Santa spread holiday cheer at hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) - If Michelle Obama is still trying to figure out what to get the president for Christmas, she got plenty of ideas while visiting sick children in the nation's capital...
