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September 8, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Ontlametse is the first black child diagnosed with progeria, a rare and fatal genetic condition that accelerates…
September 7, 2011
According to new hunger data released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 25.1 percent of African-American households suffered…
September 5, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Lowering a person's risk of diabetes does not have to be all or nothing, based on new…
September 2, 2011
OPINION - For the country as a whole, the choice between the economy and the environment is a false one...
September 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The latest developments cap years of criticisms by former actors and outsiders of the industry over lax…
September 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Black American babies fare worse than other groups -- over two times more likely than white babies…
August 29, 2011
OPINION - Youth boxing programs aim to teach children discipline, promote physical fitness and provide them with positive choices, especially…
August 21, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - One in 25 pregnant women were homeless in the year prior to delivery -- most of whom…
August 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Regardless of achievement or education, black scientists are more likely to be rejected for medical research funding,…
August 17, 2011
CLUTCH - J-Hud attributed her feelings about her size to her Southside Chicago neighborhood, in which her body type was…
August 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Africa's first human milk bank opened this month, providing donated breast milk to at-risk infants on the…
August 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Melanin protects darker skin from premature aging and damage from UV rays, but its protection increases the…
August 12, 2011
NBC 5 anchor/reporter, Kristi Nelson, is telling her touching, personal story of donating a kidney to her mother during a…
August 12, 2011
VIDEO - A South Florida chef wants you to use his new cookbook to live healthy. But here's the catch…
August 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The only factor more influential than socioeconomic status was having a previously diagnosed sexually transmitted infection --…