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Northern Ireland part of Covid inquiry to open in Belfast

[ad_1] Image source, PacemakerImage caption, Why decisions were taken about what happened in Northern Ireland hospitals during the pandemic will be one of the things examined by the inquiryBy Marie-Louise ConnollyBBC News NI health correspondent"Watching Covid patients say goodbye to their families via a Zoom call was difficult and extremely emotional."Dr George Gardiner was an intensive care consultant at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and treated the most critically
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What I’d say to my younger self

[ad_1] If you had the chance to live your life again, what advice would you give to your younger self?Four members of the Birmingham 1,000 Elders group at the University of Birmingham reflect on their lives and the decisions they made.The group helps with research into life as an older adult in the UK as well as medical research around issues such as heart disease, infections in old age and
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Women regret casual sex less if they take the initiative

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Young women regret casual sex less if they take the initiative and the sex was good, according to a new study. Previous research has found that in general women regret one-night stands more than men. But researchers interviewed 547 Norwegian and 216 American university students, all of them heterosexual.The answers suggested that the "clearest gender-differentiating factor" for regret after casual sex is who made the
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3D nipple tattoos – helping women after mastectomies

[ad_1] Lucy Thompson is trained to give women ‘3D' Areola Restorative Tattoos (A.R.T) after her auntie had a mastectomy.The Yorkshire tattoo artist trained in America to perfect the technique, which is currently not taught in the UK.“I realised the psychological and physical importance of doing scar covering,” said the 28-year-old.This clip is originally from BBC Radio 5 liveVideo producer: Jessie Aru-Phillips [ad_2] Source link