Fort High graduate Lucas Ballman faces rare lymphoma with courage
Daily Union
However, a week later, on Sept. 11, more detailed results of the bone marrow test showed that Luke’s DNA had changed, meaning that he possibly had a rare form of cancer called Hepatosplenic T cell lymphoma. The only methodology available to make an …

Gay Blood Donation Ban Could Be Lifted
U.S. News & World Report
Gay Blood Donation Ban Could Be Lifted. An HHS advisory committee suggested letting gay men donate blood if they’ve been abstinent for a year. close up of blood extraction in lab. The FDA will make the final call. By Nikki Schwab Nov. 14, 2014 | 10:41 …
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US Panel Supports Lifting Ban on Blood Donations from Gay Men
TIME
A federal panel voted Thursday in favor of partially lifting a 31-year ban against accepting blood donations from gay and bisexual men. The current ban in the U.S. applies to any potential male blood donor who has had sex with another man since 1977 …
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Braving the elements to get the word out
Pembroke Daily Observer
STEPHEN UHLER / DAILY OBSERVER A handful of participants in the World’s Biggest Walk braved the chilly temperatures Saturday morning to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation and transplants. In the photo are, from left, MP Cheryl …

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Gay Blood Donation Ban Could End
KGAN TV
Doctors and blood-donation advocates who advise the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services voted 16-2 Thursday to suggest a change in the policy. They’ll discuss later today whether there should be a period of time after sexual contact with …

Rosholt Organ Donor to be Honored at Rose Bowl Parade
WSAW
“The day he got his drivers license, he came home and said Mom, I’m an organ donor. I said you really are? And he goes ‘yup’,” said Beverly. Now, that generous nature is headed west. Thursday, the Zindas put the finishing touches on a picture of Baz …

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Chris Christies temperament spooks Wall Street
Politico
In recent interviews, several donors, including several who are high on Christie, mentioned his showdown with a protester at a Hurricane Sandy-related town hall just before the election. “Sit down and shut up!” Christie scolded the man, whom he …

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Living Donors Can Save Lives—and Have the Greatest Potential to Combat Our …
Pacific Standard
But to help ease the decision about donating, if living donors were to get kidney disease—even when totally unrelated to their donation—they get to move to the front of the line for a deceased donor kidney. While most of these issues have received a …

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Dumanis For Mayor donors fined $35K
U-T San Diego
Three of the people fined were so-called “straw donors” who made contributions on behalf of retired San Diego police detective Ernesto Encinas, who pleaded guilty in March to helping funnel illegal foreign funds into local campaigns. Encinas, who owns …

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