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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…
June 27, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The office of the South African president says Nelson Mandela's health improved overnight, and his condition remains…
June 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In a statement to theGrio, Nelson Mandela's granddaughters Zaziwe Dlamini Manaway and Swati Dlamini, remain positive about…
June 9, 2013
COLUMBIA, S.C. Sometimes the line forms before the doors open at 9 a.m. at Harvest Hope Food Bank, a part…
June 8, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in 'serious but stable' condition after being taken to a…
May 23, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) - McDonald's once again faced criticism that it's a purveyor of junk food that markets to children…
May 14, 2013
OPINION - A mammogram isn't something you stare into space twirling your hair thinking about twice. If you don't have…
May 7, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop may need a checkup. The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to…
April 22, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) - Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous…