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People who have never experienced clinical depression have a difficult time accepting that it is a real illness. © Cheryl Casey - Fotolia.com

Depression hurts: A woman's personal struggle

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Va. forum targets health awareness among black men

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Actor-producer Tim Reid is sharing his recent bout with prostate cancer to encourage fellow African-American men to become proactive about their health...
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Black opponents of pot legalization are lost in the weeds

Earl Ofari Hutchinson
OPINION - The irony is that law enforcement groups which nearly unanimously oppose Proposition 19 do not dispute the racially disproportionate arrest figures...
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Harmonicas help young patients breath easy

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VIDEO - Pediatric patients at Baltimore's Sinai Hospital are getting a boost in their recovery through a new program that's helping them breathe better in a fun way...
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Filmmaker shares struggle with 3 generations of breast cancer

Mara Schiavocampo
theGRIO VIDEO - Almost every woman in the family for this have battled with the same cruel enemy for last three generations...
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Why foreclosure may literally make you sick

Jennifer H. Cunningham
theGRIO REPORT - A landmark report has found that foreclosure not only has an economic impact, it can alter the health of an entire community...
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How blacks can fight back against bullying

Dr. Janet Taylor
OPINION - The capacity of empathy, the feeling of "that person is just like me or similar to me" can help prevent bullying...
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Black women battle triple negative breast cancer at alarming rates (VIDEO)

Todd Johnson
theGRIO VIDEO - Roughly 20 to 30 percent of breast cancer cases for African-American women are 'triple negative,' an aggressive subtype of breast cancer...
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K-Ci and JoJo go reality TV route in their battle against alcoholism

Ronda Racha Penrice
theGRIO REPORT - As the brothers attempt to get clean, the show also offers a glimpse into how the music industry has changed from when they first hit the scene...
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Anti-abortion billboard aims to target African-Americans

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VIDEO - The billboard directs women facing unexpected pregnancies to dangerousplace.com, a website that can connect women to help in their communities...
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2) ESCALATING HIV/AIDS RATE – By 2002, it was increasingly clear that HIV/AIDS was a dominant health threat to African Americans, especially to growing numbers of black women. Throughout the 2000s, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued statistics revealing HIV infection rates trending highest among African Americans. According to the Minority Nurse Newsletter (Fall 2003), African Americans accounted for half of all new reported HIV infections in 2001. Black women specifically accounted for almost 64 percent of all new infections among women in 2001. In 2004, according to the CDC, HIV infection was the leading cause of death for black women, ages 25-34.
High contraction rates through heterosexual interaction among African American women pointed to bisexuality among African American men, helping fuel the down-low hysteria of seemingly “straight” African American men sleeping with both men and women. J.L. King’s 2004 memoir On the Down Low addressed this issue, even earning the author an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Organizations such as the L.A.-based Black AIDS Institute and The Balm in Gilead, which black churches, as well as books like Not in My Family, featuring HIV/AIDS-related essays from a cross-section of black America, and African American radio leaders like Radio One continue to raise awareness about the devastation of HIV/AIDS in the African American community.

1 in 22 blacks will get HIV, CDC report says

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ATLANTA (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the numbers Thursday. The report says the lifetime risk is 1 in 52 for Hispanics, and 1 in 170 for whites....
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