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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…
April 3, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's government says Nelson Mandela "continues to make steady improvement" as he spends a 7th day…
March 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - More than 30 organizations turned out at the Georgia state Capitol on Wednesday to rally against the…
March 15, 2013
(AP) - Lil Wayne has been hospitalized, but according to his camp and his official Twitter account — he's OK...
March 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - After more than three decades of studying life-threatening sickle cell disease, the most prevalent of all hereditary…