Health & Lifestyle

  • Study finds blacks more likely to die of cancer

    Study finds blacks more likely to die of cancer

    By theGrio

    12:50 PM on 07/08/2009

    Previous case studies have shown that African Americans are more likely to die from certain cancers. Leading practitioners in the field however, have found that biological factors may be to blame....

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  • High School football player collapses and dies

    High School football player collapses and dies

    By theGrio

    10:44 AM on 07/08/2009

    Early Thursday evening a member of the North West High School football team in Germantown, Maryland collapsed. Sixteen-year-old Edwin Miller, who went by "Dek," was taking part in conditioning drills at the school when his medical emergency began. "He came around 5:30, quarter to six, was there for about 30...

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  • Jackson's kids face hurdles in dealing with his death

    By theGrio via AP

    7:39 AM on 07/04/2009

    No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent. How the three young Jacksons fare is up to the remaining adults in their lives...

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  • Obesity rates among adults in U.S. rises

    Obesity rates among adults in U.S. rises

    By theGrio via AP

    1:59 PM on 07/01/2009

    LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 U.S. states over the past year and did not decline anywhere, says a new report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. And while the U.S. has long been bracing...

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  • Is the climate bill good for black America?

    Is the climate bill good for black America?

    By Brentin Mock

    9:15 AM on 07/01/2009

    Last Friday, the American Climate and Energy Security [ACES] Act sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) passed through the House bringing the U.S. one step closer to legislation that addresses our global warming and energy problems. The bill passed by a slim margin, 219 to 212...

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  • Mississippi still the fattest state

    By theGrio via AP

    8:09 AM on 07/01/2009

    LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Obesity rates among...

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  • People with HIV are being diagnosed too late

    People with HIV are being diagnosed too late

    By theGrio

    7:00 AM on 06/28/2009

    Saturday, June 27, was National HIV Testing Day. People with HIV are being diagnosed too late in the disease process, and not enough is being done to screen high school students, according to the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). A new study finds nearly 40 of...

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  • Obama promises health care reform this year

    Obama promises health care reform this year

    By theGrio

    8:00 AM on 06/25/2009

    One question at last night's prime time health care event on ABC got personal when a neurologist from New York asked for a promise. Dr. Orrin Devinsky asked that the Obama family get medical care offered in the so-called public plan. That's the President's proposal for government-sponsored insurance. President Obama...

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  • City offers teenage girls $1 a day not to get pregnant

    City offers teenage girls $1 a day not to get pregnant

    By theGrio

    6:40 PM on 06/24/2009

    BEN SENGER Teenage girls in Greensboro, North Carolina are offered $1 a day as an incentive to avoid getting pregnant, and program organizers say that its working. The program was founded by a maternity nurse who thought too many teens were having babies. She believes the financial incentive helps teens...

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  • How to slow down

    How to slow down "brain fade"

    By theGrio

    6:09 PM on 06/24/2009

    TRACIE POTTS Exercising your brain is just as important as exercising your body, experts said at a Washington briefing Wednesday. Their review of recent studies found strong evidence that mentally challenging activities, such as aerobic exercise and social interaction can slow down 'brain fade.' "In our 40s and our 50s...

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