Zicam inventor charged with selling crackpot bird flu treatment
Charles Hensley, 57, is cooling his heels in jail after being arrested on federal charges of illegally marketing an avian flu 'treatment' in 2005.
Suicides among NYC Latina teens skyrocket
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More Americans have HIV as treatment prolongs lives
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Need a playlist update? Try Foster the People 'Pumped Up Kicks' - it kept me on pace this a.m.
My playlist had gotten fairly stale, so I just infused it with some new tune energy. This song by Foster the People is a great, "Let's get this a.m. run GOING" song for me - and it has lots of running words, so you can pretend it's about running, even if it's not exactly ... " "All the other ......Read More
