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October 30, 2012
The Heart Rhythm Society-Ipsos survey illustrates his point. The survey found that even when African Americans were diagnosed with a…
October 23, 2012
ESSAY - Now that I know my status, I challenge other millennials to convince a doctor to conduct the mammogram.…
October 18, 2012
FRUGIVORE - For $1,700-a-night, you too can receive the “Beyonce” treatment at Lenox Hill Hospital’s ultra posh maternity ward for…
October 4, 2012
Black women under 40 are the group most likely to die from breast cancer, but not because of any genetic…
September 14, 2012
CHICAGO - Leroy Hanes was able to leave Chicago's Advocate Christ Medical Center Thursday without his own heart. Thanks to…
August 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Ernest Addo, 48, of Austell, Georgia was arrested on Friday, for stealing the identity of his friend…
June 4, 2012
Though there has been a major concern about black women in the science and tech industries, but many have made…
February 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Early diagnosis is considered key for autism, but minority children tend to be diagnosed later than white…
January 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Medical researchers have known that air pollution could cause people to have cardiovascular problem. Yet they were…
November 18, 2011
MIAMI - Oneal Ron Morris, 30, was arrested Friday after an investigation by Miami Gardens Police and the Florida Department…
February 4, 2011
VIDEO - The parents went to court on Thursday and tried to halt their son's surgery and treatment until they…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As a volunteer attorney, Kenneth Frazier won the 1997 release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19…
December 25, 2010
BOSTON (AP) - The book covers his life as the first African-American to graduate from Stanford Medical School and becoming…
December 21, 2010
OPINION - The costs of these drugs and treatments tend to be prohibitive, making them inaccessible to most...
November 18, 2010
VIDEO - Among African-American teen girls, drug use has increased a whopping 43 percent, while it has increased 39 percent…
September 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 15-9 against a proposal that would require a doctor's note…
September 1, 2010
The abuse is dangerous enough to have caused around 8,000 hospitalizations in 2008, according to a new report from the…
August 25, 2010
Timbaland was upset and under stress - and that he left his Malibu house in his Cadillac Escalade after allegedly…
March 18, 2010
REVIEW - The cells of a poor black woman from Clover, Virginia, a descendant of free slaves, led to major…