Will TSEs Taint the US Blood Supply?
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Some researchers believe the US blood supply must be protected from transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). TSEs are diseases that destroy brain tissue and examples include mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), which affects humans. A new variation of CJD (nvCJD) has emerged and doctors are not sure how it is transmitted. Most of the TSEs are believed to be transmitted when someone eats animal products that are contaminated with the infectious agent. However, some researchers believe the agent might also be transmitted via blood. The FDA has proposed banning blood donations from people who spent time in the UK in the 1980s.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Persuading Youths That Hops Ain't Hip
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Several researchers are focusing on Tijuana, Mexico, to find out why young people binge drink and what can be done to stop them. Binge drinking is defined as 5 or more alcoholic drinks in a row for men and 4 or more for women. One group of researchers who surveyed young people in Tijuana bars found that young people who had negative associations with alcohol were less likely to drink than those who had positive associations. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has funded a $10-million national program on many college campuses designed to change the norms regarding high-risk drinking by students.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Blood Groups Differ on Donor Deferral
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The American Red Cross is considering a stricter deferral policy than America's Blood Centers for blood donors who have lived or traveled in countries that have been affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly know as mad-cow disease. There is some animal evidence that the agent that causes BSE can be transmitted in blood.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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