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Woman's Hour: Under Pressure, Julia Chain, Hyaluronidase

06/12/2021

Under Pressure, Julia Chain, Hyaluronidase

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Under Pressure, Julia Chain, Hyaluronidase

We hear how Kate and Annie's long relationship is under pressure in our new series.

In our series Under Pressure we've been looking at what happens to relationships when couples are put under extreme strain: how do they cope? Today we hear from Kate and Annie who live in Northumberland. 

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. In March, Julia Chain was announced as the new chair of the HFEA. Now Julia is calling for the 1990 Human Fertilization and Embryology Act to be updated. She joins Emma to discuss the changes she wants to see.

We talk to Deborah Bull and Jill Baldock about how dancing can lift your mood.

A report out today from the Institute for Fiscal Studies says there's been 'almost' no progress towards closing the gender pay gap in the last 25 years. Professor Lucinda Platt, who's on the panel of the IFS Deaton Inequalities review, and who researches inequality at the London School of Economic, explains why not.  

If your facial fillers aren’t to your liking, or worse injected in a dangerous spot, you can get them dissolved with a substance called hyaluronidase.  But women are reporting nasty side effects including swelling, tissue loss, burning sensations and headaches. A cosmetic surgeon, Daniel Ezra, is studying this to try to establish exactly what's going on.  We hear from him as well as our reporter Melanie Abbott.

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