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October 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While many African-Americans are lactose-intolerant, especially as they age, not everyone who gives up cow's milk has…
October 28, 2011
VIDEO - An innovating boxing program in Manchester is giving youths more than an opportunity to learn the sport. It's…
October 27, 2011
Wanda Sykes says it didn't take her long to decide to have both breasts removed...
October 26, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Nearly two-thirds of Michigan residents are considered overweight, making Michigan the 10th fattest state in the country...
October 25, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Minority elders are more frequently becoming nursing home residents compared to whites, a new study has revealed...
October 25, 2011
CHICAGO - First lady Michelle Obama returns to Chicago Tuesday to check out Mayor Rahm Emanuel's "food desert summit" and…
October 24, 2011
In a new study, diabetes appears to dramatically increase a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other types of…
October 24, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Despite this influx of transracial adoptions, the number of black families adopting outside of their race is…
October 20, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - ESPN is reporting that Detroit Lions running back Jerome Harrison has a brain tumor...
October 20, 2011
OPINION - Dr. Roselyn Aker-Black, psychologist and CEO of Til Death Foundation in Washington, DC, says black youth has always…
October 20, 2011
The National Cancer Institute has awarded, in total, $19.3 million to a group of researchers to explore racial disparities in…
October 18, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - The quest for the world's first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step: A study…
October 18, 2011
BLACK DOCTOR.ORG - The mortality rate is as much as double that of white women, despite the fact that white…
October 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Cutting Medicaid as a cost-saving measure would overlook a large majority of blacks and Latinos with serious…
October 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While athleticism at their ages is impressive, both match ups raise the same question -- at what…