It had been my intention to write a brief note before leaving for the holidays everyone a week of grace and peace, whatever their traditions and beliefs may be, but a story caught my eye today that made me realize that the grace and peace thing is wishful thinking and that most especially for women and children, violence on earth knows no holiday.
With a headline that reads, “What would happen if the Virgin Mary came to Bethlehem today?”, the UK’s Independent has a piece today that documents the horrific conditions under which pregnant women labor in the Palestinian West Bank. Continue reading »
The 1950's Cure for Breast Cancer
Hey girls, guess what? If you stay home and do housework, you can cut your risk of breast cancer! According to a study by Cancer Research UK, a mere 16 or 17 hours of housework a week cuts the risk by 30% among pre-menopausal women and 20% if you are post-menopausal. According to an article by the BBC,
Obviously, with such startling reults, one assumes that they will immediately set up a test to see if doing housework has the same impact on the chances of men getting prostrate cancer.