According to “Good Morning America”, 20% of American women are not achieving longer lifespans like most of us, mainly in the “deep south”.  The reason, or so said the report, was “preventable diseases and lagging public health care”. Their health expert stated that the leading causes of health problems in women were cancer, diabetes, and heart & lung diseases.  Mainly, the cause of these diseases were entirely behavioral and preventable; mostly the result of obesity and smoking.  Any why women?  The report says they have a high rate of obesity because they don’t earn as much as men and don’t have the same access to health care.  Of course, it’s not because of poor personal habits or diet.  I guess if they only had personal physicians nagging them more then they’d be better off. 

The only surprise was no mention to perhaps it was all because they tend to “cling to guns and religion”.