8 germs you can catch from kissing
SLIDESHOW - With consequences ranging from catching a virus to bad gingivitis, sometimes a kiss is not just a kiss...
20 million new STD infections each year
theGRIO REPORT - A new report shows that nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occur annually...
Young women and cervical cancer: Pap smear is key
theGRIO REPORT - If not for a doctor’s visit to investigate a boil under her arm, Tamika Felder, age 25, would not have known that she had cervical cancer...
Black women with HPV face greater cancer risks
FRUGIVORE - According to the NY Daily News, new studies reveal why black women are 40% more likely to develop and 200% more likely to die from cervical cancer than white women.
Blacks have trouble clearing HPV virus
CHICAGO (AP) - Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer...
Cervical check-up: What's the doctor doing?
OPINION - Due to lower screening rates, cervical cancer is more likely to afflict black and Hispanic women more than Caucasian and Asian women...
HIV risk higher with hormonal birth control
theGRIO REPORT - Female hormonal contraceptive doubles the risk of both acquiring HIV and passing the virus on to male partners, according to a new study...
HPV infection makes cancers less deadly for blacks, doctors say
VIDEO - Doctors have made an important discovery into the impact of HPV on head and neck cancer. Their research may explain why black patients are less likely to survive than white patients with the same diagnosis.
