HEADLINES

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• FDA allows blood donations from gay men for first time in 30 years

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• Dec 23, 2015 05:07 AM EST

• Gay men will be allowed to donate blood if it has been at least 12 months since their last sexual contact with another man.

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• What’s in a drug company name? Too much if the name is Isis

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• Dec 23, 2015 04:55 AM EST

• A drug company decided to change its name due to confusion and bad connotations.

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• Overdose deaths in U.S. up 137% since 2000

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• Dec 23, 2015 04:46 AM EST

• Fourteen states had surges in the rates of deaths due to drug overdose in 2014. Drug overdose deaths are up by 137% nationally since 2000.

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• Sunlight Exposure May Boost Weight Loss Surgery Outcomes

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• Dec 22, 2015 11:41 PM EST

• A new study shares how sunlight can help people who underwent weight loss surgery fare post-op.

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• Medical Marijuana Is Now Legal in Colombia

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• Dec 22, 2015 09:53 PM EST

• In what could be the country’s stance in softening policies against drug possession and sale, Colombia has now made it legal for medical marijuana.

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• Virus Linked to Child Paralysis

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• Dec 22, 2015 08:50 PM EST

• An outbreak of a virus that belongs to the same family that causes polio is currently linked to the increased cases of children's paralysis.

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• Australian Researchers Hope to Treat Pre-eclampsia

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• Dec 21, 2015 10:40 PM EST

• Australian researchers are working really hard to treat a life-threatening condition for pregnant women.

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• Blue Bell Ice Cream Is Back in Louisiana, Mississippi

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• Dec 21, 2015 10:38 PM EST

• After eight months of being out of the market due to contamination, Blue Bell Creameries is back in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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• New Recommendations for Statin Use Are Up

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• Dec 21, 2015 10:34 PM EST

• Experts have now issued new recommendations on who should get statin, a popular cholesterol-lowering drugs.

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• New Miss Universe Supports HIV Awareness

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• Dec 21, 2015 10:33 PM EST

• New Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach hopes to champion HIV awareness.

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• Anxiety Increases Risk of Dementia, Study Suggests

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• Dec 21, 2015 10:31 PM EST

• A new research points out that anxiety can increase the risk of dementia by as much as 48%.

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• $350 Million Fund for Alzheimer's Disease Approved by Congress

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• Dec 19, 2015 11:44 PM EST

• For 2016, one serious disease is getting the attention it deserves.