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February 7, 2014
OPINION - This year, the two most important things to recognize on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day are that African-Americans…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO 100 - Riana Lynn is a self-made entrepreneur whose focus is on addressing and improving the health of Americans…
January 29, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - Janet Hubert, the Original Aunt Vivian from 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' set the record straight regarding…
January 22, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - No, occassionally wearing Spanx (or other shapewear) is not going to kill you. But some women wear…
January 22, 2014
E! Online - It's not surprising to hear that Gabrielle Union works out regularly and watches what she eats. It…
December 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - While not a justification to maintain weight levels that are linked to heart disease, diabetes and a…
October 9, 2013
OPINION - The current mental health care system, as we know it, is hardly a system at all...
October 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Philanthropists Laura and John Arnold have offered up to $10 million in emergency funding to the National…
September 30, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — The government's latest infant bed-sharing numbers show a troubling trend...
September 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is urging food makers and television broadcasters to do more to promote healthier foods to…
August 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Soon, students across the country will notice their school snacks have lightened up. Vending machines and à…
August 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Parents have gone back on forth on whether to circumcise their baby boys over the last three…
August 12, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The office of the South African president says Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition although his health…
August 8, 2013
ANALYSIS - Study co-authors theorize that whites receive the surgery more often in part because of discrepancies in health insurance…
August 5, 2013
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Women across the U.S. are risking their lives for black market procedures to make their buttocks…
July 23, 2013
NBC News - Breast cancer may be killing black women at a higher rate than whites because they are sicker…
July 19, 2013
Blackdoctor.org - Sadly, parents cannot possibly control every aspect of a child’s life. The best thing they can do is…
July 17, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela has made "dramatic progress," and may be going home "anytime soon," said his daughter Zindzi…
June 28, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The ex-wife of critically ill Nelson Mandela said Friday that the 94-year-old beloved former president is showing…
June 27, 2013
NBC News - PRETORIA - Nelson Mandela 'is not going to go anywhere anytime soon,' one of the anti-apartheid icon's…