Cancer

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January 21, 2012
OPINION - Due to lower screening rates, cervical cancer is more likely to afflict black and Hispanic women more than…
January 18, 2012
Blackdoctor.org - When it comes to dietary supplements, men -- like women -- desire better health, disease prevention and improving…
December 29, 2011
CLUTCH - After being married to his wife Keasha Ruteleage-Draft for one month former NFL star, Chris Draft was stricken…
November 23, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - As families pile into cars heading south for Turkey Day, or board airplanes toward the opposite coast,…
November 18, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Former Penn State students say legendary football coach, Joe Paterno failed to address a scandal involving hate…
November 8, 2011
(AP) - There was a time when Muhammad Ali taunted Joe Frazier relentlessly, called him ugly and challenged his manhood...
October 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For one day, The YMCA of Greater Atlanta housed some of the smartest, most beautiful woman you'll…
October 7, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - A civil rights scholar who became the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School has…
October 7, 2011
(Reuters Health) - Few media stories on cancer venture into issues of death, dying and end-of-life care -- and outlets…
October 6, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Steve Jobs' death has instantaneously raised the public's awareness of pancreatic cancer...
September 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - With over 21,000 new cases of ovarian cancer a year - including 15,000 deaths -- it ranks…
September 22, 2011
VIDEO - The young mother, Arielle Brooks, 22, of 14-month-old baby Myah is being accused of raising tens of thousands…
June 21, 2011
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - The labels, which show rotting teeth, diseased lungs, and a smoker's corpse, cover the top half…
June 3, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - After spending about six months in the hospital, Reggie Evans took honors courses, ended up with a…
May 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - One in five African-American men is diagnosed with prostate cancer, one in 20 die from it...
May 12, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A third of those deaths are among African-Americans, who predominately smoke cigarettes with menthol flavoring...
February 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The newly recreated Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC) has made health one of their four key…
February 10, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The 63-year-old Abdul-Jabbar, a six-time NBA Most Valuable Player, was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - This high school senior from Long Island, New York was motivated by her mom's battle with breast…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Lisa Newman's 16-hour journey to Ghana from her Michigan hospital is only a step in the surgeon's…