NewsTaco To Go: Iraq, Egypt, Obesity, BP And Diabetes

Egypt continues its civil protests to change its government, Iraq is becoming more volatile, obesity may prevent women from receiving mammograms, diabetes during pregnancy may be a risk to the mother and BP is finally set to pay dividends to its investors.

BP is set to pay dividends to investors for the first time since the leak sprang in April 2010. It’s also selling half its U.S. capacity. How nice for investors to be making money while people on the Gulf are still trying to recover their livelihoods.

Obese women are less likely to be screened for breast cancer, specifically because of pain. This is a problem because another study showed that obese women have 1.5 the risk of developing breast cancer after menopause and an increased risk of dying from this cancer compared to leaner women. Additionally, Latina women sometimes face treatment delays for breast cancer of up to one month.

Women who acquire gestational diabetes during pregnancy go on to develop Type 2 diabetes, or the adult kind, about half the time, according to a new study. It’s important women follow up with a diabetes test six months after giving birth if they suffered from gestational diabetes.

Egyptian protestors were still in the streets today, asking for their leader, President Hosni Mubarak, to step down by Friday. The civil protest has been ongoing since last week and protestors are awaiting a million man march in Cairo today.

Iraq is still not stable enough to survive without U.S. forces there, according to a report by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The military is set to leave at this summer, but it may not be safe enough in that case for U.S. employees to stay in the country.