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About Dr. Tyeese L. Gaines

Dr. Tyeese Gaines is a medical journalist with more than 20 years of print and broadcast experience, and a board-certified emergency medicine physician with years of healthcare management experience. Since earning her master's degree in journalism from Northeastern University in 2003, Dr. Ty has appeared as an on-air medical expert for local and national news shows and written for various online, magazine and newspaper outlets. She currently hosts the Black America's Health Youtube series.

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July 17, 2013

Spanking can affect physical health later in life

theGRIO REPORT - A light tap. A spank on the tush. A smack of the hand. A firm grab. Different…
July 11, 2013

African-Americans may lose sense of smell at earlier age

BlackHealthMatters.com - It happens to most of us: Our sense of smell decreases as we grow older. But, a new…
July 9, 2013

Why you may not find a dentist in an emergency

theGRIO REPORT - A simple tooth abscess turned into a major complication for a pregnant Kiah Morris, now 38-years-old...
July 2, 2013

Reversing butt injections? Vanity Wonder's journey

theGRIO REPORT - Vanity Wonder, an exotic dancer-turned-author shined a bright light last year onto the underground market of butt…
June 27, 2013

Keri Hilson on the importance of HIV testing

theGRIO VIDEO - Singer-songwriter Keri Hilson doesn’t just use her voice to belt out soulful lyrics...
June 26, 2013

Obesity is now a disease: What it means for blacks

OPINION - Obesity is now classified as a disease. This was the final decision at the annual meeting of the…
June 25, 2013

Giving clean needles to drug users: Helps or hurts?

OPINION - In my own state of Florida, one of the worst hit by AIDS, not a single publicly funded…
June 24, 2013

‘Eating too much sugar causes diabetes’ and other myths

theGRIO REPORT- In African-American communities in New York, where diabetes is a chronic problem, the death rate is even higher.…
June 19, 2013

Living with Sickle Cell Disease: A journey from hospital bed to author

ESSAY - The pressure of ordinary life is enough to cause you to lose your mind, so what causes a…
June 16, 2013

Secrets to get ahead: An open letter to my son

ESSAY - What about a child’s shot at the pros? Quick answer: much worse. For example, the boy who wants…
June 11, 2013

Ask Dr. Ty: How to gain weight the healthy way and more

VIDEO - Today’s topic is nutrition. To gain weight, instead of eating three times a day, increase to five or…
June 4, 2013

Oral sex causes cancer? The Michael Douglas debate

VIDEO - Actor Michael Douglas, who beat throat cancer two years ago, said in an interview published Sunday that his…
June 4, 2013

Black Girls Run! encourages African-American women to try distance running

The Black Girls RUN! Facebook page has over 70,000 "likes," and the Twitter feed has almost 17,000 followers.
May 24, 2013

Calling all grill masters! Healthy Memorial Day cooking

theGRIO REPORT - Grilling is one of the simplest and healthiest ways to prepare a meal. In a matter of…
May 23, 2013

Depression hurts: A woman’s personal struggle

ESSAY - Clinical depression is not the same as the depression to which people refer to in everyday language to…
May 22, 2013

The 8 worst foods for high blood pressure

In America, 67 million adults are quietly living with high blood pressure. Check out this list of the 8 worst…
May 21, 2013

The breast cancer gene testing folks are talking about

theGRIO REPORT - With the announcement of Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy, it leaves those without celebrity status wondering if genetic…
May 13, 2013

Do you go to extremes to get fit?

theGRIO REPORT - Intensive workouts like P90X, CrossFit or Insanity can be good ways to jump start a fitness or…
May 9, 2013

OxyContin abuse: Can it be slowed?

theGRIO REPORT - Millions of OxyContin prescriptions are written each year and is an oft-abused medication. But, OxyContin is not…
May 2, 2013

Ask Dr. Ty: Kids and fever

ASK DR. TY - Fever is the most common reason parents bring children to emergency rooms, especially in the middle…