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It's better to read a real book instead of an e-reader.
From the Boston Globe: "Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital reported Monday that people who read a book on a glowing screen before bedtime took longer to fall asleep and felt less alert the next morning, compared with when they read a printed book."Edit
From ABC News: " Former President George H.W. Bush, 90, was taken by ambulance to the Houston Methodist Hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening."Edit
Banning blood donations from sexually active gay men is insane.
The FDA plans to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood, but only if they have abstained from gay sex for one year. The ban was placed in 1983, during the start of the AIDS crisis.Edit