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May 4, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Severely painful menstrual periods are often misdiagnosed in African-American women...
May 3, 2011
NBC WASHINGTON - The first lady paid a surprise visit to Alice Deal Middle School in Tenleytown for a dance…
May 3, 2011
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - In 2009, President Jacob Zuma pledged an ambitious testing and treatment campaign and more…
May 3, 2011
VIDEO - Strokes aren't just something for older folks to worry about, and 35-year-old Davida Godett is proof. The young…
May 3, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - African-American women are at greater risk of being assaulted by intimate partners than any other group of…
May 2, 2011
BOSTON (AP) - Dave Duerson, a former NFL player who committed suicide in February, had "moderately advanced" brain damage related…
April 26, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a breakdown, the maternal mortality rate among African-American women was 36.1 per 100,000 live births,…
April 20, 2011
By far, the cheapest way to go organic is to just grow your own...
April 15, 2011
VIDEO - A recent study from the Cleveland Clinic found that permanent hair loss affecting African-American women can be linked…
April 14, 2011
LONDON (AP) - In the U.S., there were six stillborns per 1000 births, though the rate is nearly double for…
April 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Now braids and weaves are causing a new concern for many black women -- they are causing…
April 11, 2011
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - In the gritty slums of Jamaica, doctors say the skin lightening phenomenon has reached dangerous proportions...
March 10, 2011
VIDEO - Four years ago, Claudia Woods went through a homeownership class at the Tampa Housing Authority and received $90,000…
March 10, 2011
VIDEO - The Food and Drug Administration could soon approve the first drug meant specifically to treat Lupus in more…
March 10, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Black women aren't seeking out infertility services to the same degree as white women; economic and cultural…