Allowing blood donations from gay men could help save over a million lives: U.S. study

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Allowing blood donations from gay men could help save over a million lives: U.S. study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/allowing-blood-donations-gay-men-could-help-save-204845422.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VlM3gS7IiusTXloaUrAbTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/cms/homes/Reuters/2014-09-19T225903Z_3_LYNXMPEA8I13S_RTROPTP_2_USA-COURT-GAYMARRIAGE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A gay couple holds hands during a rally in support of the United States Supreme Court decision on marriage rights in San Diego" align="left" title="A gay couple holds hands during a rally in support of the United States Supreme Court decision on marriage rights in San Diego" border="0" /></a>By Jennifer Chaussee SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lifting a ban on blood donations from gay men would increase the amount of available blood by hundreds of thousands of pints (liters) each year and save more than a million lives a year, a California study showed on Friday. The U.S. Federal Drug Administration has banned gay men from donating blood since 1983, when it was discovered that HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was being transmitted through transfusions. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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