Higher education may decrease blood pressure
College has been found to benefit your personal finances and career, but new research has found that a higher education can benefit your health...
Barbershops offer free blood-pressure screening
theGRIO REPORT - At Wright's Barbershop in Denver, CO, Dr. Byron Connor, a volunteer in the program, says they're doing blood pressure and blood sugar screening, as well as referring people who do not have health insurance...
Church services may lower blood pressure
Going to church at Christmas may have been good for the soul, but scientists have discovered that it may also be good for the body...
Blacks face faster progression to hypertension
MedPage Today - In yet another study showing African-Americans with greater risk for disorders involving blood pressure, blacks without baseline hypertension developed the condition substantially faster than whites...
Harlem barbershop aims to cut blood pressure rates
NEW YORK - Besides a trim and a shave, customers at Denny Moe's Superstar Barbershop in Harlem can also receive a free blood pressure screening...
Knowing risks of heart disease can save lives
theGRIO REPORT - Forty percent of African-American adults have some form of heart disease, and they are 30 percent more likely to die from it than whites...
Urban 'victory garden' is win-win for seniors with health problems (VIDEO)
theGRIO VIDEO - A group of seniors is learning to create their own diet plan from the ground up...
Extra vitamin D may improve heart health in black teens
Black teens can gain a measure of protection from heart disease by taking daily vitamin D supplementation at levels that are five times the current recommendations, new research suggests...
