[San Francisco, August 5. Image via Getty]

SAN FRANCISCO - AUGUST 05: A nurse wears a surgical mask during a protest outside of the University of California San Francisco medical center August 5, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Dozens of nurses and hospital staff are demanding better protection and planning against the H1N1 swine flu after a California nurse died from the disease last month. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

[Rome, June 2. Image via Getty]

Nurses wait to watch a parade during celebrations on June 2, 2009 marking the country's Republic Day. Italian armed forces celebrate the 63rd anniversary of Italy's birth as a Republic. AFP PHOTO / Christophe SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

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• Activists in Africa are turning to the Koran in an effort to cease female genital mutilation. [Feministing]
  
• Researchers have made a "landmark breakthrough" in breast cancer research with the discovery of a genetic mutation that often causes the disease. [CNN]
  
• No matter how you play it, eating too much or too little is bad for the bones. [CNN]
  
• British nurses aren't getting any. [The Sun]