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‘Pole dancing gave me my body confidence back after baby number three’

I am a bad dancer. This fact has been a part of my DNA since I abandoned ballet at five years old. I know everyone abandons ballet — except for the obvious few — but the retired child ballerinas usually take up something eventually: hockey, GAA. But my being bad at ballet led me neatly… Read More: ‘Pole dancing gave me my body confidence back after baby… »

Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 10K as number of confirmed cases nears quarter million

The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 10,000 on Friday morning. In addition to the 10,038 deaths, approximately two-thirds of which occurred in China and Italy, there have been nearly a quarter of a million confirmed cases around the globe. There have also been 86,035 people who have recovered from the COVID-19 virus,… Read More: Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 10K as number of confirmed… »

Is the ‘autism epidemic’ real? Researchers say over-diagnosis to blame for spike in number of cases

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other anti-vaccine crusaders have long and falsely blamed vaccines for breeding an “epidemic” of autism. But is the epidemic even real? According to the authors of a new study, the astonishing explosion in the number of diagnosed cases of autism is the result of a broadening of the definition of… Read More: Is the ‘autism epidemic’ real? Researchers say over-diagnosis to blame… »

Worrying number of women think pee comes through their vagina

You might think that a person would be completely clued up on their own body and the way in which it works. But it turns out that a lot of females don’t actually know all that much about their genitals. This is according to YouGov, who recently conducted a survey to discover how much anatomical… Read More: Worrying number of women think pee comes through their vagina »