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June 2, 2011
CLUTCH - Cytotec -- the generic name for Misoprostol -- is supposed to be accessible only by prescription...
June 1, 2011
SLIDESHOW - From the first AIDS case on June 5, 1981 until now, black Americans have been significantly affected by…
May 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - One in five African-American men is diagnosed with prostate cancer, one in 20 die from it...
May 27, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - The sweat caused by grueling hours in the gym often curls the roots, frizzes the bob and…
May 24, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Once a disease of the elderly, diabetes now affects black children too. African-Americans in general are two…
April 26, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a breakdown, the maternal mortality rate among African-American women was 36.1 per 100,000 live births,…
April 11, 2011
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - In the gritty slums of Jamaica, doctors say the skin lightening phenomenon has reached dangerous proportions...
March 11, 2011
That's the story the Queen of Soul's sticking to as she once again shoots down rumors about her health, this…
March 10, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Black women aren't seeking out infertility services to the same degree as white women; economic and cultural…
March 7, 2011
She has re-written and re-recorded one of her songs and is providing an instruction video demonstrating the dance/exercise routine...
March 3, 2011
VIDEO - A fourth-grader from Frederick, Md., recently got away with something even the leader of the free world likely…
March 2, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 70, ran a filthy West Philadelphia medical practice that served as a pill mill…
March 2, 2011
OPINION - It appears that when it comes to her body, Jennifer has yet to find that magic number to…
February 25, 2011
CHICAGO - It was 3 o'clock last Friday morning when Alicia Duerson's iPhone flashed with a text message from her…
February 24, 2011
OPINION - Thanks to much of the popular mainstream media, we see abortion as primarily the battleground for white women...
February 23, 2011
Rush Limbaugh thinks Michelle Obama is a big, fat idiot...
February 17, 2011
In recent months, Carlson who has come under fire for his "Mike Vick should be executed" comments, along with others…
February 15, 2011
CLUTCH - Michelle Obama is encouraging that women breastfeed their children, her emphasis on the fact that nursing is one…
February 13, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dressed in white, a healthy looking Franklin -- who has yet to disclose what was ailing…
February 11, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - The teen has been in the custody of county child welfare officials since his parents objected to doctors…