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Suite à l'échec de la commission visant à réduire l'endettement des États-Unis, Barack Obama s'est dit déçu et blâme les Républicains pour le résultat. Rappellons que cette commission était composé de 12 membres dont 6 républicains. 

Afin de remédier à la situation les démocrates ont proposé une hausse d'impôts pour les plus aisés alors que les Républicains ont proposé de couper dans certains programmes sociaux.

Cette impasse a pour conséquence de lancer un message négatif au marchés internationaux.

De plus, à partir de 2013 la loi prévoit une réduction automatique des dépenses sur 10 ans qui coupera également dans les programmes sociaux et la défense.

A study done by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care says that most Canadian women under 50 do not need regular mammograms. It also says that woman over 50 can go three years between their scans.

However, these guidelines are for women who are healthy, don’t have first-degree relatives who have battled breast cancer and have never had breast cancer themselves.   

This study is the first of its kind to be conducted in Canada in 10 years.

 It has been reported that the suggestion for older women to get a mammogram every two years has not lowered deaths from breast cancer. Instead, it is making women more anxious about having breast cancer. Mammograms spot any lumps found in the breast and most of them are not even cancerous. The procedure is also quite uncomfortable and pricey.

The CTFPH want to make sure that the public knows that these suggestions are only a guideline. It is solely up to the patient to decide how frequently they go for check-ups. 

The death toll in Cairo’s Tahrir Square has risen over the weekend. 13 people were killed and hundreds injured following clashes between Egyptian authorities and demonstrators.

The European Union has strongly condemned the violence. Clashes have taken place in other cities as well.

This comes a week before the country’s first parliamentary election since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.

Elections are due to begin on November 28 and last for three months.

The TV series Big Love may had its final episode, but real life polygamy is still on the air and on trial. The multi-wived faithful will soon learn whether their polygamous way of life is legal in Canada. A B.C. judge will rule Wednesday if Canada’s anti-polygamy laws are unconstitutional.

The polygamous commune in Bountiful, B.C. has lived in defiance of this hundred and twenty one year old law since 1946. The courts have failed to prosecute two of the community’s leaders thus far.

The thousand Bountiful faithful believe that multiple wives will lead them to the highest realms of heaven. The religion has been accused of child marriage and sexual assault. The court has heard evidence of cross border marriages of teenagers as young as 12. The group claims that Canada’s anti-polygamy laws are archaic and need modernization.