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March 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Back in your grandmother's day, a good home-cooked meal included biscuits made with lard, chicken-fried crisp in…
March 16, 2012
A study published by the American Journal of Public Health concluded that health care physicians are biased in their treatment…
March 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - With recent light shed on 'food deserts' -- or neighborhoods without access to quality healthy foods --…
March 15, 2012
theGRIO VIDEO - Bone marrow from New York postal worker Audrey Pollard saved the life of a man thousands of…
March 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Of all the bad things that come from eating fatty foods -- heart attacks, strokes, high cholesterol…
March 13, 2012
Almost 15 years ago, Jennifer Poore thought that only gay men could get HIV/AIDS and that it was spread through…
March 12, 2012
Second grader, Luis Turnage is battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia and needs a bone-marrow transplant sooner rather than later...
March 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - One in 32 black women are at risk of being diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, compared…
March 9, 2012
NEWS ONE - A recent study from the University of Michigan found that people in low income areas who are…
March 9, 2012
In Baltimore, and five other cities in the U.S., African American women are becoming infected with HIV much more than…
March 8, 2012
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky-based health care company has sued to protect its name after being involuntarily drawn into…
March 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - By breastfeeding her daughter in a restaurant, Beyoncé unwittingly joined the growing ranks of mommy "lactivists" taking…
March 5, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Nick Cannon is the latest black celebrity to go public with an autoimmune disease, particularly lupus, which stars…
March 5, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - For a few minutes Friday, first lady Michelle Obama turned the hardwood floor at the Time…
March 2, 2012
From the Baltimore Sun -- Overall, the life-expectancy gap nationwide seems to be narrowing slightly, according to researchers, but it…