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How to make money from medical research and donations

You can make good money from donating plasma or sperm on a regular basis. Other donations and scien…

Hilary Brueck   


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The hot new longevity treatment for aging athletes and CEOs is a plasma exchange

Plasma exchange therapy, typically used to treat rare autoimmune disorders, is becoming a trendy lo…

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The Red Cross has seen a 40% decrease in blood donations over the last 20 years. Experts say Gen Z is to blame.

Even after a successful "Snoopy" themed campaign to attract young people, the Red Cross says it's s…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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Many working Americans want children later in life. Fertility startups are making their dreams more possible.

Family-planning startups can help cover employees' fertility treatments when their employers' healt…

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My baby needed 6 blood transfusions while in the womb. The postpartum depression didn't hit me until I knew he was OK months later.

Rh incompatibility in pregnancy led to Courtney Yeager's postpartum depression: Her son needed 6 bl…

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Thom Felicia, member of 'Queer Eye' cast, believes that donating bone marrow to his brother was the best thing he has ever done

Twenty years ago, I impacted the world as an original 'Queer Eye' cast member. But the most meaning…

Kelly Burch   


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FDA plans to lift blood donation restrictions on gay men and allow monogamous men to give, report claims

An unnamed official told The Washington Post new guidelines will be proposed in the coming days, en…

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I'm a gay man and haven't been able to donate blood due to the FDA ban. I was part of the Red Cross study that will help overturn that.

A gay man wanted to donate blood ever since high school but couldn't due to the FDA ban. The Americ…

Austin Roy   


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Chrissy Teigen banked all her kids' cord blood. An OB/GYN says all parents should consider doing it.

Banking cord blood is expensive but can be used to treat blood cancers, anemia, immune deficiencies…

Kelly Burch   


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Sam Altman's mission to increase human lifespan with a $180 million shipping container experiment at Retro Biosciences

Sam Altman started a $180 million side project called Retro Biosciences, hoping to add 10 healthy, …

Hilary Brueck   


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I have a world record for donating breast milk that's the equivalent of 800 2-liter bottles of Coke. I will eventually have a double mastectomy to stop.

Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra has a rare health condition that causes her to lactate all the time. She …

Jane Ridley   


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This multimillionaire entrepreneur infused himself with blood from his 17-year-old son in a quest to stay young forever

The tech entrepreneur and multimillionaire Bryan Johnson is 45 years old — and now has the bl…

Andrea Michelson   


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I was a dialysis nurse who donated a kidney for my patient. Now, we're engaged.

After losing a patient to kidney failure, the nurse decided to be a living donor for her next patie…

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I made $9,450 and erased my credit card debt by joining 2 clinical trials. I just had to agree to get the flu and dysentery.

A clinical trial participant was able to erase his credit card debt and made nearly $10K for being …

Hilary Brueck   


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This PC is infused with real human blood

Blizzard is the latest company to use real human blood in a product, following viral offerings from…

Haley Tenore   


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People rush to donate blood amid Texas shortage after elementary school mass shooting

The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center donated 25 units of blood to Uvalde in the immediate afterm…

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Donating blood regularly is safe and an important public service here's how often you can donate

You can donate blood 6 times a year without endangering your health. If you're pregnant, have anemi…

Carla Delgado,Jason McKnight   


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Scientists grew blood in a lab and transplanted it into people for the first time

Lab-grown blood could increase the options available for people with rare blood types and disorders…

Andrea Michelson