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Zap colds with zinc
Scientists are now saying zinc can probably cut your colds short! This is great news since...
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Senplilg deos not mettar
Saying that spelling doesn’t matter goes against everything I believe in and, as a...
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HIV cure found?
Wowza! Doctors believe an HIV-positive patient has been cured! The patient known as the...
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World AIDS Day
33 million people worldwide suffer from HIV. That’s 33 million too many. Those millions were...
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Cig packs to depict death
Federal health officials announced this week plans that would require cigarette packs to carry...
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Saving while you eat
It may sound like common sense, but a lot of my own friends are oblivious to just how much money...
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Cholera claims lives in Haiti
As if Haitians haven’t endured enough sorrow and hardship in the past year, the country is...
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The cursed croissant
You can be fired from a job for a lot of things: being high, being drunk, being violent, being...
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Land of the fat
Are we surprised by this? Not in the least bit. Is it embarrassing? Yup. C’mon, America....
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Synthetic Life Created
That title is probably the biggest oxymoron ever. But moving on… Remember this name: Craig...
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