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What is the infected blood scandal and will victims get compensation?
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What is the infected blood scandal and will victims get compensation?

Image source, Getty Images By Jim Reed Health reporter More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood products during the 1970s and 1980s. A public inquiry into what has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history will announce its findings in May....

What I’d say to my younger self
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What I’d say to my younger self

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...

Women regret casual sex less if they take the initiative
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Women regret casual sex less if they take the initiative

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...

3D nipple tattoos – helping women after mastectomies
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3D nipple tattoos – helping women after mastectomies

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...