Health & Lifestyle

  • Gas prices rising at a record pace (video)

    Gas prices rising at a record pace (video)

    By theGrio

    5:02 PM on 06/15/2009

    JAY GRAY Temperatures aren't the only thing climbing this summer. Gas prices are rising at a record pace and some believe the national average could jump to $3 a gallon during vacation season. The price of crude oil has doubled in the last four months. The national average for a...

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  • Hospital encouraging ICU patients to be mobile in new treatment (video)

    Hospital encouraging ICU patients to be mobile in new treatment (video)

    By theGrio

    7:49 AM on 06/15/2009

    SUSAN SHAPIRO It's not easy for patients recovering in intensive care units. So Johns Hopkins hospital is trying a new approach that is getting them out of bed and moving. The intensive care unit of a hospital is often a place where patients are on bed rest heavily sedated. It's...

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  • Urban farming, a cheaper alternative (video)

    Urban farming, a cheaper alternative (video)

    By theGrio

    9:03 AM on 06/14/2009

    Here's something you wouldn't expect to see in the middle of a big city like Washington, D.C.: a working farm that's helping a community discover a growing example of "what works." Susan Ellsworth is working on a master plan - turning an abandoned public school ballfield into an urban farm....

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  • California to begin probe after porn actress contracts HIV

    By theGrio

    5:48 PM on 06/12/2009

    MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- State health officials are looking into the latest HIV case reported in California's multibillion-dollar porn industry, fearing that reckless practices on film sets might be raising the risk of new infections. It was revealed this week that a woman tested...

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  • To be young, gifted, and black...and Jewish

    To be young, gifted, and black...and Jewish

    By Anthony Calypso

    7:53 AM on 06/09/2009

    As a child Tamar Manasseh's favorite prayer was the Sh'ma (pronounced sha-mahh) because she had to cover her eyes to recite it. But as she left home every morning to go to school Manasseh, now 31, had to lose the Star of David pendant on her necklace because it was...

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  • New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin quarantined in China

    New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin quarantined in China

    By theGrio

    12:08 AM on 06/08/2009

    (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is feeling well after he and his wife were quarantined in China because a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. Nagin's office said Sunday the couple and a security guard were quarantined at a hotel in Shanghai...

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  • Triplet mother gives birth to triplets (video)

    Triplet mother gives birth to triplets (video)

    By theGrio

    12:04 AM on 06/08/2009

    A 23-year-old triplet said she is still in shock after doing the unthinkable: giving birth to her own healthy triplets. Amber Ali of Detroit, Michigan gave birth to Amir, Armann and Amari Whitaker, at Sinai Grace Hospital on May 26. The brothers came within minutes of each other, arriving at...

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  • Some remove tattoos for better chance at employment (video)

    Some remove tattoos for better chance at employment (video)

    By theGrio

    6:23 PM on 06/07/2009

    In the current shaky economy, finding jobs is getting even more difficult. For people with visible tattoos, the struggle to get hired may be a little more difficult. That's why many American's are deciding to get their tattoos removed to help their job prospects. It is estimated that over 45...

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  • Teen injected with HIV as a baby now advocate for others

    Teen injected with HIV as a baby now advocate for others

    By theGrio

    4:28 PM on 06/05/2009

    BETSY TAYLOR Associated Press Writer (AP Photo Jeff Roberson) ST. CHARLES, Missouri (AP) -- Brryan Jackson has been left out of birthday party invitations and asked not to use water fountains. His daily routine at one point included 23 pills, three IV medications and two injections. But the toughest part...

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  • White boys more likely to suffer from Tourette Syndrome

    By theGrio

    12:10 PM on 06/04/2009

    MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) -- Tourette syndrome occurs in 3 out of every 1,000 school-aged children, and is more than twice as common in white kids as in blacks or Hispanics, according to the largest U.S. study to estimate how many have the disorder. Tourette's -- known...

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