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August 16, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Fantasia Barrino's reported suicide attempt last week highlighted the seemingly little-known problem of suicide in the African-American…
August 9, 2010
VIDEO - One chief researcher says these girls are reaching early puberty because of the rising obesity epidemic that plagues…
August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama dishes on the first family's health and eating habits in a new magazine interview...
August 4, 2010
(AP) - Insurance coverage that starts on or after Sept. 23 will have to comply with these changes and others…
August 3, 2010
VIDEO - A new study from the journal of the American medical association shows offering these teens a brief structured…
August 2, 2010
DENVER (AP) - They still wear sensible shoes, but the nation's lunch ladies are trading in their hair nets for…
August 1, 2010
VIDEO - African-Americans are are ten times less likely to develop skin cancer compared to their white counterparts. However, they're…
July 30, 2010
VIDEO - Medical oncologist Dr. Sandra Swain is leading a new initiative at Washington Hospital Center to recruit more African…
July 30, 2010
OPINON - African-Americans comprise more than half of all NFL players, so increased risk of head trauma should be of…
July 27, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - Shannon Tavarez's best chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant, but because African-Americans are underrepresented in…
July 23, 2010
VIENNA (AP) - President Obama says Washington is committed to continuing the progress made in battling the disease while Clinton…
July 21, 2010
OPINION - While studies show it could prevent four out of ten women from contracting HIV, this is by no…
July 20, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa, a nation of about 50 million, has an estimated 5.7 million people infected with HIV,…
July 19, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus,…
July 19, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - In his plan President Obama calls on the help of health and service organizations to accomplish the…