Advanced Viral Research Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADVR) a bio-pharmaceutical company, announced today that the Company has begun a Phase II study using a topically applied spray formulation of AVR 118 as a wound healing agent. Based upon the preliminary results previously seen in an animal model at the University of Miami, this study is designed to determine if a similar response can be demonstrated in humans. The study population will be divided into two cohorts of patients who will undergo a one week course of therapy.

The first cohort of patients will have undergone plastic surgery and must present a minimum of two bilateral surgical wounds. AVR118 will be applied to one wound so that the second wound will serve as an untreated control. The objective is to determine if AVR 118 can accelerate the time taken for the wound to close.

Ryan Metcalfe: Voters' waffling on Big Mac is intolerable

A MAJORITY of the Baseball Writers Association of America made a loud statement, but spoke softly about keeping Mark McGwire out of the Hall of Fame with a paltry 23 percent vote for such a prodigious power hitter.

Clearly the cloud of performance-enhancing drugs caused McGwire to receive the low total for a player ranked seventh on the all-time homer list (583) and credited with reviving interest in baseball with his record-breaking 70 homers in 1998. But most writers who chose not to vote for McGwire hid quietly behind their laptops, afraid to stand behind their convictions, while those in the vocal minority boastfully wrote columns about why they voted for McGwire, even if they thought he had cheated by using steroids.

McGwire supporters thumbed their noses at the ethics of their trade, the HOF voting rules and the foundation of what is right in America.

New drugstore.com Generic Prescription Drug Program Offers a Free 30-Day Supply

Bellevue, WA (Vocus) January 22, 2007 -- drugstore.com, inc. (NASDAQ:DSCM - news) a leading online provider of pharmacy, health, beauty and vision products has launched its new "Free 30" program to help consumers manage the cost of prescription medications. New drugstore.com pharmacy customers ordering a 90-day supply of any of more than 1,000 eligible generic prescription drugs will receive a rebate equal to the cost of a 30-day supply -- a savings of up to $50. .

Robbers Get Night Deposit A Second Time

CITRUS PARK - For the second time in a month, an employee of Nine West, a shoe store, was robbed as she tried to make a night deposit at a bank on Gunn Highway.

Both were described as being black, in their late teens and between 5-foot-10 and 6 feet tall.