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April 13, 2023
Weight gain in older people isn’t correlated with mortality risk, but a new study finds that weight loss can be.
March 16, 2022
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech asked U.S. regulators Tuesday to authorize an additional booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine for…
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February 9, 2022
During Black History Month, it's time to have a conversation about the debilitating disease that impacts our memories.
Marilyn Latish McKey, Tonacia Yvonne Tyson, Deshawn Jordan theGrio.com
October 16, 2019
Three North Carolina women, hired to care for the elderly, are accused of forcing senior citizens with dementia to come…
May 9, 2016
Twins Mary Shipp Harrow and Martha Shipp Averett are turning 100 years old in July, and they are planning the celebrate
May 25, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Rose Green turned 77 Sunday, but slowing down is not in her vocabulary. Green is a champion…
March 2, 2012
From the Baltimore Sun -- Overall, the life-expectancy gap nationwide seems to be narrowing slightly, according to researchers, but it…
December 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Here are five myths that simply must go if we are ever going to advance further in…
October 25, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Minority elders are more frequently becoming nursing home residents compared to whites, a new study has revealed...
July 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Jeanne Majors was forced into an early retirement when her job at New York's LaGuardia airport was…
April 13, 2011
VIDEO - "I would say the secret to longevity is keeping a clean life, treating others as you would like…
June 8, 2010
WHEATON, Md. (AP) - Obama's overall message: "What you need to know is the guaranteed Medicare benefits you've earned will…