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Friday, June 23, 2006 12:00 AM

Ironing out those bothersome breasts

A brutal practice that attempts to stop young girls' development in Cameroon.

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  • Saturday, June 24, 2006 08:46 AM

    Beatin' breasts.

    This going to come across as ..very...cold.

    But what a great opportunity - if you could secure a

    'population'- to finally see if there is a genuine connexion between BrCa & trauma.

    There is a long speculative history.

    It would take long term followup.

    That... implies recolonizing Africa in some guise, or another.

    Just thinkin'.

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