Breast cancer often untreated in Mideast

Posted by Anne on October 24, 2007 3:09 PM

And I'll bet you didn't even have to read the story to know why that was. You, you, you - islamaphobes.
From [1] AP:

One Saudi woman ignored the cancer growing in her breast because she didn't want to risk a referral to a male doctor. Another was divorced by her husband on the mere suspicion she had the disease, while a third was dragged away from a mammogram machine because the technicians were men.
Breast cancer is still considered a taboo in oil-rich Arab Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia even as the disease claims more and more victims, but some women are pushing for greater openness about the illness.

[2] Laura Bush is, of course, warning women this week about the dangers of breast cancer.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2007/10/breast-cancer-often-untreated-in-mideast.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_on_he_me/saudi_breast_cancer
[2] http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/018556.php