News: FDA Lifts Gay Blood Ban

After 31 years of banning homosexuals from donating blood, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted the ban this week and decided that men who have sex with men can donate blood… if they haven’t had sex in over a year.

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us News: FDA Lifts Gay Blood Ban After 31 years of banning homosexual men from donating blood, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted the ban this week and decided that men who have sex with men can donate blood… if they haven’t had sex in over a year. Effectively, most men who have sex with men are still barred from donating blood. Why does the FDA have this stance, and could it actually make sense? Find out in our new article below. Nicholas English Content Manager of About.com Health FDA "Lifting" of the Gay Blood Ban Draws Criticism By Dennis Sifris, MD and James Myhre AIDS/HIV Expert READ NOW   Share Can I Get HIV From a Blood Transfusion? By Mark Cichocki, R.N. READ NOW   Share How Reliable Are Blood Tests for HIV? By Dennis Sifris, MD and James Myhre AIDS/HIV Expert READ NOW   Share What’s the Real Risk of HIV From Anal Sex? By Dennis Sifris, MD and James Myhre AIDS/HIV Expert READ NOW   Share TRENDING NOW • Can Turmeric Help Relieve Joint Pain? • The 10 Best Ways to Wake Up • The Ladies’ Guide to Healthy Beauty • Can Diabetes Cause Heart Disease? • Here’s How to Not Have a Stroke • What’s So Challenging About High Functioning Autism? • Get the Facts About Hoarding Disorder Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Health newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved