Relationships

Dating Dangers

Matthew 7:15 says “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” A man is accused on shopping for a date online and then once meeting the women, assaulting them. Sean Banks is the man accused of doing this on Christian dating sites. He says he is not guilty. Police say he used different aliases.

Health

Surgery Effectiveness

Doctors did a study to figure out if one kind of surgery is more effective than another. The surgery we’re talking about is a hysterectomy, specifically, when a woman needs the procedure because she has a benign tumor. Derek Angus from the Journal of the American Medical Association says they compared Laparascopic surgery with robotic surgery. Some robotic surgeries had shorter hospital stays, but other than that, no differences in complications. There was a difference in cost of care by over $2,000 per case. There’s more on the study in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association.

Misc.

Marine Mascot

The Marines have a new mascot. Chesty is a nine week old English Bull dog. He still needs to go to obedience school, but he is barking up the tree of being a private first class. Bulldogs have served as the mascot of the Marine Corps since the 1920s.