Health & Lifestyle

  • Tough economy has black youth giving up name brands

    Tough economy has black youth giving up name brands

    By theGrio

    5:36 PM on 07/21/2009

    For young people from low-income backgrounds, often faced with paying their own way and helping support their families, interest in designer labels is waning as the economic downturn strains wallets and helps boost the appeal of frugality...

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  • South Africa cuts AIDS vaccine funding

    South Africa cuts AIDS vaccine funding

    By theGrio via AP

    3:28 PM on 07/20/2009

    CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's government joined Monday in launching a high-profile trial of an AIDS vaccine created by its own researchers -- the first designed by a developing country -- but the moment was marred by the lead researcher's announcement it has actually halted funding its own project.

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  • Quality of black nursing homes lacking

    By theGrio

    1:01 PM on 07/20/2009

    An investigation by The Chicago Reporter found that Illinois is arguably the worst state in the nation for black senior citizens seeking quality nursing home care.

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  • Black Americans most obese group

    Black Americans most obese group

    By theGrio via AP

    2:25 PM on 07/16/2009

    Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese -- much more than other major racial or ethnic groups -- and that gap exists in most states, a new federal study finds. About 29 percent of Hispanics and 24 percent of whites are obese, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Racial differences in obesity rates...

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  • Barcode technology prevents medical mistakes

    Barcode technology prevents medical mistakes

    By theGrio

    11:32 AM on 07/16/2009

    Thousands of people die each year from preventable medical errors, but a Louisiana hospital has found a way to cut those statistics and save lives. Barcode technology that you've seen thousands of times at your local grocery store is now transforming the way medication is delivered in hospitals...

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  • Changing Southern culture for healthier living

    Changing Southern culture for healthier living

    By Monica Land

    7:08 AM on 07/16/2009

    For many, thoughts of Mississippi evoke images that are dark and prejudicial. Aside from that, critics have argued for years that Mississippi lags behind every other state when it comes to progress - economic or otherwise. But in some areas - none too glowing - Mississippi ranks number one, particularly...

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  • Talking to kids about racism

    Talking to kids about racism

    By theGrio via AP

    1:21 PM on 07/15/2009

    Stephanie Ward drives her two biracial children to a black school an hour away to give them a break from their predominantly white neighborhood in suburban Dallas. Yet, it's hardly enough to eliminate racism from their lives...

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  • Chicago violence puts blood supply at a premium

    Chicago violence puts blood supply at a premium

    By theGrio

    1:08 PM on 07/14/2009

    In Chicago this weekend, a 12-year-old boy was critically wounded in a drive-by shooting, another victim what has seemed like non-stop violence there lately. Things are so bad that one hospital emergency room has actually come close to running out of supplies of blood for incoming patients...

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  • Bullies intimidate beyond the schoolyard

    Bullies intimidate beyond the schoolyard

    By theGrio

    11:11 AM on 07/14/2009

    Bullies and intimidation are not just relegated to the school yard. They are prevalent in the workplace...

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  • Regina Benjamin picked to be next Surgeon General

    Regina Benjamin picked to be next Surgeon General

    By theGrio via AP

    11:58 AM on 07/13/2009

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, choosing a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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