12May/15

As Promised, FDA To Lift Ban on Gay Blood Donation – NBCNews.com


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As Promised, FDA To Lift Ban on Gay Blood Donation
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The Food and Drug Administration has formally proposed letting gay and bisexual men donate blood, so long as they’ve abstained from sex for a year. The recommendation changes the current guidance, which is that any man who have ever had sex with …
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12May/15

FDA rethinking ban on blood donations by men who had sex with men – Reuters


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FDA rethinking ban on blood donations by men who had sex with men
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Men who have had sex with other men will be allowed to donate blood under some conditions if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalizes “draft guidance” published on Tuesday. Men who have had sex with another man (MSMs) even once since 1977 …
How The FDA’s Revised Blood Ban Caters To Religious Anti-Gay BeliefsThinkProgress

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12May/15

Clarksburg student creates video showing need for organ donation – Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online


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Clarksburg student creates video showing need for organ donation
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
But over the years, as Molly learned more about organ donation, she wondered if her grandmother could have lived longer. “She died at age 65,” Molly said. “I wondered if the technology [of today] would have helped her.” Molly, 17, is a senior at
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A Brighton jeweller who underwent a double lung transplant is to climb the Brighton and Hove News

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12May/15

There is now evidence to explain why people are less likely to get ill during … – Irish Examiner


Irish Examiner

There is now evidence to explain why people are less likely to get ill during
Irish Examiner
“Given that our immune systems appear to put us at greater risk of disease related to excessive inflammation in colder, darker months, and given the benefits we already understand from vitamin D, it is perhaps understandable that people want to head
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