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Orlando Blood Bank Doesnt Lift Gay Donor Ban The ban on gay men donating blood within a year of sexual intercourse has not been lifted for an Orlando blood bank, despite earlier reports.
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Florida Man Feels 'Helpless' After Failed Blood Donation Attempt After waking up Sunday morning to the news of a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, University of Central Florida graduate Garrett Jurss knew he needed to do something to help.
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Blood Donors Needed After Orlando Gay Club Shooting, But Queer Men Are Banned WASHINGTON - Local officials in Orlando are urging people to donate blood in response to the mass shooting at a gay club early Sunday that left at least 50 dead and another 53 injured.
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Are Gay Men Really Banned From Giving Blood? Hours after 49 people were killed in a nightclub shooting in Orlando Sunday, people started lining up to give blood. Lines quickly got so long at one Orlando blood bank, OneBlood, asked people to make appointments, instead.
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Gay men want to donate blood; blood banks: 'No, thank you' Hours after what is believed to be the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history in Orlando on Sunday, a blood-donation foundation issued a plea for help.
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Prostate cancer surgery: Laparoscopic or robotic surgery, which is a better option? If you are skeptic about surgical robots to under go a prostate cancer surgery, you should read this. Debjani Arora Jun 13, 2016 at 04:26 pm.
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Patients Often Prescribed Extra Painkillers, Many Share Them MONDAY, June 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- More than half the patients prescribed opioid painkillers in a recent U.S. study received more than they needed.
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UPDATE 1-Novo diabetes drug cuts heart risks by 13 pct in trial ... * Victoza cuts heart complications and deaths in study. * Second diabetes drug to help heart after Jardiance. * Some investors had been hoping for bigger benefit (Adds reaction from executive and analyst).
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Dear Mr. Berlusconi – please let go of your beloved Milan! With the club's sale long overdue and still in limbo, Aditya Bajaj pens an open letter to Silvio Berlusconi urging him to protect his legacy by finally selling the club.
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Here's how long children should sleep every day (CNN) Every parent knows that children need sufficient sleep to stay healthy and do well in school. But exactly how many hours of sleep do children of different ages need per day?
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Infamous For Anti-Gay Stance, Chick-Fil-A Extends Compassion To Orlando Massacre Victims Chick-Fil-A is a franchise known nationally to have an owner with a strong disapproval for gay marriages. This is why, as DC Gazette reported, many may find it shocking that the franchise opened their heart and their door as they offered free food ...
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Orlando surgeon shows blood-stained shoes from nightclub shooting ORLANDO, FL (WTVM) - A number of people who were at the scene of the devastating mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub are telling their stories of what happened - now a surgeon at the hospital were many people were treated has told his with his shoes ...
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The Condom of the Future Is Here and You're Going to Want to Try It With both the rhythm and pull-out methods making a comeback, it seems as though the most effective form of birth control, the condom, is in need of a make-over.
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When Zika hits in the U.S., CDC will deploy rapid-response teams U.S. health officials plan to send a rapid-response team to any community on the mainland and in Hawaii where the mosquito-borne Zika virus begins to be transmitted locally - even if only a single case of infection is confirmed.
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A $433 million mistake: State, feds underpaid Florida Medicaid insurers for two years Florida's Legislature received a surprise Medicaid bill this month: $433 million in unpaid insurance reimbursements, owed jointly with the federal government.
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Could Eating More Whole Grains Help You Live Longer? MONDAY, June 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Health experts have long urged people to swap their processed white grains for the whole-grain variety, and new research suggests that advice might help you live longer.
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Kellogg Is Latest Company to Voluntarily Recall Snacks That May Contain Peanuts Kellogg Co. K -1.56 % is voluntarily recalling certain snacks that may contain traces of peanuts, which could cause allergic reactions, the latest recall tied to a supplier's peanut-tainted flour.
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White House, private sector act to reduce organ transplant waiting list The White House and a group of universities, companies and nonprofits announced new steps Monday to reduce the wait time for an organ transplant, including a $160 million Pentagon program to develop ways to repair and replace cells and tissue.
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Whole grains can help you live longer, Harvard study finds People who ate 70 grams of whole grains per day, compared with those who ate little or no whole grains, had lower risk of premature death, according to a new Harvard report.
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NY to extend mammogram clinic hours ALBANY - Many New York breast-cancer screening clinics will be required to extend their hours under a deal struck Sunday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top lawmakers.
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More Than 50% Of Patients Prescribed Opioids Have Leftover Pills In the wrong hands, opioid medication can be deadly. With opioid-related overdoses increasing, the results of a new survey on storing and disposal practices shouldn't be a surprise to anyone: More than half of patients prescribed opioids have leftover ...
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Getting de Blasio school control isn't on Cuomo's to-do list ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo on Monday asked the Legislature to focus on six priorities in the final days of its session - and extending mayoral control of New York City's public schools was not one of them.
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E-Cigarettes a Gateway to Smoking for Teens: Study MONDAY, June 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Teens in the United States who use electronic cigarettes are six times more likely to move on to traditional cigarettes compared to kids who never use the devices, a new study reports.
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DeKalb County Health Department gives tips to prevent spread of West Nile virus The DeKalb County Health Department is encouraging residents to be vigilant about eliminating sources for mosquitoes to breed, as well as using personal protection to avoid mosquito bites.
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Obamacare repeal would lead to 24 million more people without health insurance If the next president and Congress repeal Obamacare - as many Republican elected officials want to do - there could end up being more people without health insurance than before the law went into effect, a new study says.
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Legislative Session in Albany Near Quiet End The last days of New York's yearly legislative sessions are typically stressful times, when state lawmakers hash out last-minute deals on issues such as taxes and abortion rights.
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'Vitamin D deficiency may cause migraines' A high percentage of children, teens and young adults with migraines may have mild vitamin D deficiencies, a new study suggests. The findings showed that mild deficiencies in vitamin D, riboflavin and coenzyme Q10 - a vitamin-like substance found in ...
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Orlando shooting: Why the White House HIPAA waiver is important for gay rights In following the news Sunday of the devastating shooting at an Orlando nightclub you may have heard that the White House took some kind of action related to HIPAA.
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UnitedHealthcare will cover kidney donor travel and lodging costs The nation's largest insurer, UnitedHealthcare, said Sunday that it will pay the travel and lodging expenses of people who are donating kidneys to customers of the insurer starting in 2017.
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Vitamin D deficiency may be to blame for migraine, but more research needed Previous studies have blamed genetic and environmental factors to be responsible for migraine. Now, a new study has pointed towards vitamin D deficiency to be the potential reason.
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Brigham and Women's nurses union votes for one-day strike The union representing 3,300 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital voted Monday to authorize a one-day strike, setting the stage for a possible walkout this month.
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Sharing painkillers with friends helps drive the opioid epidemic, study finds A recent survey is shedding light on how patients who get perscription painkillers - drugs such as OxyContin, methadone or Vicodin - sometimes share or mishandle them.
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Orlando Chick-fil-A store supports blood donors with food on Sunday Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. Workers at a Chick-fil-A location in Orlando parted with tradition Sunday by preparing food for people waiting in line to donate blood in response to the ...
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Bookshelf: 9 books to enjoy with dad this Father's Day The third Sunday in June is a time to celebrate fathers and all those who are like fathers. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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Knowledge About LDCT Lung Cancer Screening Low Family physicians lack sufficient knowledge about recommendations for low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening among patients at high risk for lung cancer, according to a small survey of South Carolina physicians published online June 13 in ...
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Nurses at Brigham Women's Hospital Will Announce Strike Voting Results Monday Night Nurses represented by the Nurses Association are negotiating a new contract wtih the hospital and are seeking safe patient care, equal benefits for new nurses and a fair wage increase.
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Identifying And Preventing Financial Elder Abuse - Free Webinar Slated To Take Place On World Elder Abuse ... Taking care of our elders is something that we take pride in as the children of the parents and relatives who helped rear us. Tragically, instances of financial elder abuse take place all of the time, with many going unreported and unnoticed to the ...
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Allegheny County gets $3.4M to rid homes of lead-based paint Allegheny County will use $3.4 million in federal grant funds to remove lead from low-income homes. The county expects to use the money from U.S.
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Antibiotics resistance: How soon will your antibiotics stop working? Medical science is undoubtedly one of the most important inventions in the history of mankind. In fact, it is an invention that has led to the discovery of various medicines and machines that have helped mankind live better and longer.
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Does a low-fat, low-calorie diet help maintain a healthy weight? The facts: The standard recommendation for the prevention and treatment of obesity is a reduced-fat diet and increased physical activity, and many health organisations including the World Health Organisation and Hong Kong's Department of Health ...
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Stem Cell Therapy Is Effective In Spinal Injuries Treatment: Study Spinal cord injury is a challenging neurological injury and is associated with permanent disability and decreased life expectancy.
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Ending stigma of living with mental illness For several years, she wrote about her bipolar disorder under a pseudonym. She described how she'd been hospitalized four times, twice since her first child was born.
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SCV Alzheimer's Awareness group formed The Santa Clarita Alzheimer's Awareness Project is a newly formed group of local business owners and community members who are committed to bringing awareness of Alzheimer's Disease to Santa Clarita year round.
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