Health & Lifestyle

  • Economy forces OBGYNs to become one stop medical shop

    Economy forces OBGYNs to become one stop medical shop

    By theGrio

    8:47 AM on 08/27/2009

    Most women see their OBGYNs once a year. But more and more patients are turning to OBGYNs for general medical advice and the economy may be to blame...

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  • Real jeans for real women

    Real jeans for real women

    By theGrio

    8:42 AM on 08/24/2009

    VIDEO - There's new line of denim out there that promises to fit real women with real bodies. They're designed by the wife of NBA legend Magic Johnson. And she says women with curves never need to suffer in dressing rooms again...

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  • Kid entrepreneurs grow food for hungry families

    Kid entrepreneurs grow food for hungry families

    By theGrio

    11:58 AM on 08/21/2009

    VIDEO -- In a neighborhood where 86 percent of the residents live at or below the poverty line, some of the older kids at the Boys and Girls Club in Palm Beach County wanted to earn money.

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  • Drugs that might make you fat

    Drugs that might make you fat

    By theGrio

    8:20 AM on 08/19/2009

    Almost everyone you know probably takes some type of prescription, they can be life savers.But one of the most frustrating side effects can be weight gain. And some of the most common prescriptions are the worst for your figure...

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  • LA County allocates $350M to rebuild hospital in poor area

    LA County allocates $350M to rebuild hospital in poor area

    By theGrio via AP

    7:00 AM on 08/19/2009

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- County officials on Tuesday approved a plan to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that has become a symbol of the area's continued racial strife.

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  • Black women's hair tangles up their workout

    Black women's hair tangles up their workout

    By Tony Anderson

    9:00 AM on 08/18/2009

    A government study shows that African American women are 70% more likely to be obese than white women. And although this statistic seems shocking its more to it than meets the eye. Factors including time, money and hair are all reasons that keep some black women out of the gym.

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  • Debate over public option heats up in town halls

    Debate over public option heats up in town halls

    By theGrio

    8:32 AM on 08/18/2009

    VIDEO - In Orlando last night, lines started early for a health care town hall."The health insurance industry is ripping off Americans right, left and down the middle," said one activist.By dark, police kept overflow crowds in check...

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  • Health care reform for dummies

    Health care reform for dummies

    By Dr. Tyeese Gaines Reid

    8:11 AM on 08/17/2009

    Americans are struggling to decipher the current state of health care reform. Understanding the ins and outs of over 1,600 pages of proposed law is daunting...

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  • Marriage eludes high-acheiving black women

    Marriage eludes high-acheiving black women

    By theGrio

    10:56 AM on 08/13/2009

    Michelle Obama may have become an archetypal African-American female success story -- law career, strong marriage, happy children -- but the reality is often very different for other highly educated black women.

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  • Study says dementia is linked to high cholesterol

    Study says dementia is linked to high cholesterol

    By theGrio

    11:27 AM on 08/06/2009

    VIDEO - What's bad for the heart can also be bad for the mind. A new study found that people who have high cholesterol in their 40s and 50s have a 66 percent higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia later in life...

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