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Hospital Reverses Its Decision and Puts Patient Back on List - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has put Anthony Stokes, an African-American teenage heart patient, back onto the transplant list after taking him off because of “low grades” and his issues with the law, Time.com reported. It’s unclear as to why the hospital reversed their decision; some suspect that the recent media coverage may have played a factor. (Photo: WSBTV)

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Is AIDS Improving in South Africa? - Thanks to more than 2 million South Africans taking AIDS medications, South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is confident that the AIDS Epidemic is improving. Motsoaledi told World NBC News that while there is much work to do, he is hopeful for the future — transmission rates have dropped 65 percent over the years. (Photo: Tawanda Mudimu/AP Photo).

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Study Finds That Football Doesn’t Pose Brain Threat - Despite a recent study finding that playing football doesn’t pose great dangers to brain health, some health experts don’t trust the findings, writes the Huffington Post. While the study looked at retired football players who were still alive for the crux of their research, one expert pointed out that when it comes to effectively diagnosing devastating brain damage, the players have to be dead. (Photo: Brian Snyder/REUTERS)

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Risk Factors for Dementia Can Show Up in Your Teens - A new study found that having low mental functions in your teens can be a pre-cursor for dementia down the road. The study also found that dementia was less linked with genetics and more associated with a past history of drug abuse, alcoholism, depression and past brain injury. Researchers also cited that young African-Americans with a history of strokes were also at risk, reported HealthDay. (Photo: Mark Richards - WPA Pool /Getty Images)

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Packaged Greens Pose Health Risks - Experts warn about the potential health risks that packaged salads and greens pose, especially given the recent stomach bug outbreaks in the U.S. USA Today writes that manufacturers mix together produce from all over the country and wash it together, which can easily contaminate everything being packaged. Try eating heads of lettuce or bundles of greens to reduce your risk of getting sick. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Kelly Rowland Gives Sneak Preview of New Fitness DVD  - Kelly Rowland sat down with YBF.com to give her fans a sneak preview of her new workout video with celebrity trainer Jeanette Jenkins. Due out in October, Sexy Abs Cardio Sculpt will be a series of intense five-minute workouts that anyone can follow. Rowland credits working out, playing Wii often and “eating clean” as how she stays healthy and keeps her body in shape. (Photo: Hollywood Trainer)

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Chris Brown’s Stress-Related Seizure Is Common - R&B singer Chris Brown suffered a non-epileptic seizure last Friday while working on his music at a Los Angeles studio, USA Today reported. Nicole Perna, Brown’s publicist, told the press that Brown has been working non-stop and that his seizure was brought on by stress. Six to eight percent of seizures are brought on by sleep deprivation and stress. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup) 

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Friendships Lower Riskier Sex Among Homeless Youth - A recent study about teens living on the streets found that girls and young women were more likely to have sex without condoms and have sex with IV drug users for money, food and housing. But researchers found that for these teens who didn’t need to rely on others on the streets and had friends with stable housing they could stay with, they were less likely to engage in riskier sex, reported HealthDay. (Photo: David Waldorf/Getty Images)

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Suicide, Hip Hop and African-American Men - In a recent feature for Hip Hop Wired, writer Latifah Muhammad tackles an important yet ignored issue in the hip-hop community: suicide and depression. Over the past year, rappers Capital Steez, Freddy E, NFL player Jovan Belcher and Chris Lightly all took their lives. Muhammad writes that stigma and Black masculinity are major barriers in why men don’t seek help. (Photo: quavondo/Getty Images)

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The Link Between Being Bullied and Prison - Being bullied overtime can have some devastating effects, including raising your risk of being incarcerated as an adult, says a new report. Researchers from the University of North Carolina found that victims of bullying are more than twice as likely to end up in prison compared to those who were not bullied. They also found that female victims were more likely to have drug and alcohol dependency compared to men. (Photo: Doug Berry/Getty Images)