Q&A: Do hookah and sweeteners cause cancer?
theGRIO REPORT - In case you missed it, here’s a recap of the Twitter chat held earlier today on cancer and African-Americans...
Early baldness, prostate cancer linked
theGRIO REPORT - Young, balding African-American men are at higher risk for developing prostate cancer at an earlier age, says a new study out today...
7 reasons we don’t eat right and exercise
Blackdoctor.org - Most people know how to eat right and exercise…right? Maybe, maybe not...
Hospital throws wedding for dying patient
VIDEO - Kentucky’s University Hospital helped stage a wedding ceremony for terminally-ill cancer patient Evonne Lee and her partner, Don Tyler...
Report: Fewer black cancer deaths
theGRIO REPORT - The overall rate of African-American deaths from cancer is declining and African-American men are seeing the fastest decline than any other group...
NAACP report shows coal plant distribution burdens minorities
theGRIO REPORT - 'Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People' addresses the issue of coal-fired power plant pollution and its disproportionate impact on communities of color...
Black kidney cancer patients die earlier
HEALTHLINE - Black Americans also have a higher incidence of kidney cancer to begin with, but despite comparable tumor size, surgical treatments, and other patient characteristics, they die sooner than whites...
Obesity epidemic: 20 years from now
OPINION - Obesity rates in the United States remain unacceptably high, and the epidemic persists in affecting Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately. For the first time, this year’s report examined how the obesity epidemic could impact our future 20 years from now...
The ones breast cancer has left behind
CLUTCH - My mother was a tall “big boned” woman with deep brown skin, high cheek bones, full lips, a bright smile and bountiful hips. One day in the fourth grade my mom got sick...
Alarming breast cancer rates among troops
Military Times - Men and women in the armed forces have lower rates of most cancers -- except breast cancer, that is. Breast cancer is affecting not only women in the armed forces at alarming rates, but male service members and veterans as well
