13Jan/17

Why Is It So Hard for Gay Men to Give Blood? – Rolling Stone – RollingStone.com


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Why Is It So Hard for Gay Men to Give Blood? – Rolling Stone
RollingStone.com
HIV can be detected in days and stigma has decreased dramatically – but the FDA still makes gay men abstain from sex for a year before donating.
This 21-Year-Old Gay Man Gave Up Sex For a Year So He Could Give BloodCosmopolitan.com
This Man Went A Year Without Sex So He Could Donate Blood …NewNowNext

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13Jan/17

United Blood Services issues urgent need for blood donation – Valley News Live


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United Blood Services issues urgent need for blood donation
Valley News Live
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) Recent severe winter storms across the U.S. have put additional pressure on the nation’s blood supply, which is already trying to recover from low donor turnout over the holidays. With heavy rain and areas of flooding in
Appeal To Clare Blood DonorsClare FM
Low blood supply remains a concernOrange Leader

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13Jan/17

India launches organ donation awareness drive to check black market trade – The Independent


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India launches organ donation awareness drive to check black market trade
The Independent
MUMBAI, Jan 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Doctors in India will now get text alerts reminding them to ask families to donate organs of their deceased loved ones as part of a nationwide campaign to solve the country’s organ shortage that has fuelled

13Jan/17

Musician joins unique pop band to promote organ donation – Runcorn and Widnes World


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Musician joins unique pop band to promote organ donation
Runcorn and Widnes World
A WIDNES musician who is only alive through the kindness of stranger has joined a unique pop band made up of transplant recipients. Halton Council press officer Mark Allen received a double lung transplant in 2005 and is a European table tennis …
Organ transplants increased almost 20 percent since 2012NephrologyNews.com
Doctors hail China’s pledge to stop harvesting inmate organsKamsack Times
How Spain became the dominant global player in organ transplantsLifeZette
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