Study links gene to doubled Alzheimer's risk in blacks
theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans with a particular gene are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease in old age as those without it, says a new study to be published tomorrow...
theGrio’s 100: Dr. Kafui Dzirasa, mental health research healer
theGRIO's 100 - Dr. Kafui Dzirasa, 34, is the first African-American to complete a PhD in neurobiology at Duke University...
How to recover from a hangover
theGRIO REPORT - As people have stayed up throughout the night to ring in the New Year, others are waking up to a ringing between their ears...
Is middle-aged boxing healthy or harmful?
theGRIO REPORT - While athleticism at their ages is impressive, both match ups raise the same question -- at what age do the health risks of boxing become too great?...
Eagles DT Patterson has brain condition
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - The 27-year-old Patterson was hospitalized after suffering a seizure Wednesday morning at training camp at Lehigh University...
Dave Duerson's kin donating his brain for research
NEW YORK (AP) - Duerson died Thursday in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla. The Miami-Dade medical examiner ruled the death a suicide...
NFL to ask players to donate brains for concussion research
The NFL is partnering with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league's stance on concussions...
Senator Ted Kennedy dies at 77
BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother in a political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a year-long struggle with brain cancer. He was 77...
How to slow down "brain fade"
TRACIE POTTS
Exercising your brain is just as important as exercising your body, experts said at a Washington briefing Wednesday.
Their review of recent s…
