<rss xmlns:cm="http://choicemedia.com/content/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>HerpesConnection.com - Latest Genital Herpes News</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/</link><description>Latest Genital Herpes News from HerpesConnection.com</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>HerpesConnection.com</title><width>120</width><height>19</height><url>http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif</url><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/</link></image><item><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 10:54:04 EDT</pubDate><title>FDA Cracks Down on Fake STD Cures</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/news-579794-98.html</link><description>About a dozen companies selling products such as Medavir, C-Cure, and  Herpaflor received warning letters from the FDA this week, saying none  of the products have been proven to treat any disease and should not be  marketed with these claims.</description><guid 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