Tag: "Medicine"

Advisory panel recommends upholding ban on blood donations from gay men

A government health committee Friday voted against rescinding the ban on gay men donating blood but also called for new research on alternative policies, citing flaws in the current rules. [tweetmeme] The Health and Human [...]

California Assembly repeals decades-old law to seek ‘cure’ for homosexuality

Homosexuality is no longer a sexual deviation on par with child molestation that needs to be cured -- at least in the eyes of the California Assembly. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the lower [...]

AMA says ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ gay marriage bans leave LGBT families vulnerable

The nation's largest doctors' group has agreed to join efforts to repeal the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, Associated Press reports: The American Medical Association says the 'don't ask, don't-tell' law creates an [...]

Personalized therapeutic HIV vaccine shows promise

An experimental treatment strategy involving a vaccine that is tailor-made from an HIV-positive person’s virus and immune system cells can reduce viral load and improve the function of the immune system, according to a [...]