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February 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Many parents lament over their children not following directions, lack of focus or inability to sit still...
February 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Affectionately known to her patients as “Dr. G,” Dr. Naeemah Ghafur, 41, is a family medicine physician…
February 14, 2013
SLIDESHOW - With consequences ranging from catching a virus to bad gingivitis, sometimes a kiss is not just a kiss...
February 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A new report shows that nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occur annually...
February 13, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Dr. Kafui Dzirasa, 34, is the first African-American to complete a PhD in neurobiology at Duke University...
February 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The pediatrician’s first reaction to then second-grader Kayla Haye’s budding breasts—a sign of the child’s premature puberty—was…
February 11, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Dr. Marilyn Hughes Gaston and Dr. Gayle K. Porter have both received numerous honors for their work.…
February 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - There’s been a significant increase in HIV testing among black women in just the last three years.…
February 7, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Dr. Charles Crutchfield, 52, is a practicing dermatologist, educator, inventor, entrepreneur and author in the St. Paul/Minneapolis…
February 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It’s pretty well understood that unprotected vaginal intercourse places the two people involved at a higher risk…
February 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - About 4.7 low-income million Americans who would be newly eligible for Medicaid in 2014 live in the…
February 5, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - The husband and wife duo co-founded International HealthCare Volunteers, Inc., a non-profit organization providing healthcare to women…
February 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The overall rate of African-American deaths from cancer is declining and African-American men are seeing the fastest…
February 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The foods, robust flavors and healthy cooking techniques that were core to the wellbeing of our ancestors…
February 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A 2011 article in Science uncovered that black scientists are more likely to be rejected for medical…