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April 2008
- Berkeley Fights Donation Policy Without Protests
  
  newser | Inside Bay Area (Oakland) | Apr 8, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  Several San Francisco-area campuses have banned blood drives to protest federal policies preventing sexually active gay men from donating blood, but at UC-Berkeley, students are making a point without resorting to boycotts. Instead of withholding blood on grounds the 25-year-old FDA rule is discriminatory, Cal is encouraging gay students to recruit eligible donors to give for them, the Oakland Tribune reports. More »
March 2008
- Old Blood Is Bad Blood: Study
  
  newser | USA Today | Mar 20, 08 6:08 AM CDT
  
  Donated blood may have a much shorter shelf life than previously thought, finds a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine . Transfusions using blood at least two weeks old increased heart-surgery patients' post-operative death risk by 30%, researchers discovered, though the current expiration date for blood is 6 weeks after donation, reports USA Today. More »

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