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Competitors run during the men's senior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz March 28, 2010.REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS)

Custom Running Shoes Don’t Lower Injury Risk: Sporting goods stores that evaluate foot shape to help customers buy running shoes may have it wrong. A study of Marine recruits who had running shoes customized to their arch heights showed that nice shoes didn’t lower the instance of injury during basic training.

UN: conservative laws linked to rise in HIV

Rates of new HIV infection among gay men, drug users and prostitutes are increasing because laws against these practices deters people from seeking medical help, according to Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS, the Associated Press reports. Sidibé said that the fact that homosexuality is still criminalized in 85 countries—and punishable by death in seven—is [...]