‘Doc McStuffins’ reveals changing face of medicine
theGRIO REPORT - As TV doctor dramas go, 'Doc McStuffins' is no ER....
Being slightly overweight: Better protection against death?
New findings published online by the Journal of the American Medical Association suggest that being slightly overweight may be advantageous to your health. In addition, being very overweight -- but not obese -- poses no additional health threat compared to being a normal weight.
New TLC special profiles obsessive cleaners in 'Neat Freaks'
'Neat Freaks' might amuse us, but while we are shaking our heads at these crazy antics, we must remember that we are watching people caught in the grip of a tormenting condition.
Why are black women more likely to die of breast cancer?
EBONY - A recent study reveals that African-American women are more likely to die of breast cancer not due to genetics, but because of racial disparity and inequality in health care...
Study: Blacks more likely to die from sudden cardiac arrest, get less help
The Heart Rhythm Society-Ipsos survey illustrates his point. The survey found that even when African Americans were diagnosed with a problem that might lead to SCA, they were less likely to be given the optimum preventive treatment: an implanted defibrillator (a device to regulate the heart's rhythm) or appropriate medications.
True life -- I got a mammogram
ESSAY - Now that I know my status, I challenge other millennials to convince a doctor to conduct the mammogram. It isn’t routine, but it’s necessary...
'Beyoncé' rooms at Lenox Hill Hospital come under fire
FRUGIVORE - For $1,700-a-night, you too can receive the “Beyonce” treatment at Lenox Hill Hospital’s ultra posh maternity ward for the 1%. The rest of the 99% population will have to deal with the norm at Lenox Hill, which includes overworked nurses.
Denise Roberts Foundation: Dedicated to black women with breast cancer
Black women under 40 are the group most likely to die from breast cancer, but not because of any genetic factors, but because they are the least likely to be screened, seek treatment early, or be properly diagnosed by their doctors.
Man leaves hospital without a heart
CHICAGO - Leroy Hanes was able to leave Chicago's Advocate Christ Medical Center Thursday without his own heart. Thanks to 'the world's only totally artificial heart,' Hanes can keep living his life while he awaits a donor heart, according to a WMAQ-TV report...
Fake doctor who treated 500 patients arrested in Georgia
theGRIO REPORT - Ernest Addo, 48, of Austell, Georgia was arrested on Friday, for stealing the identity of his friend and posing as a doctor for six months...
