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Weekend Round-up

Sign language 'turned into text' BBC

British and Danish surgeons advise against using dangerous hips BMJ

Are asthma inhalers linked to birth defects? Thousands of pregnant women at centre of inquiry into health problems in babies The Daily Mail

Public health: saving lives and spending less The Guardian

Tribunal calls for Health Bill risk register to be published HSJ

Coke reveals its secret: It may need to carry a cancer warning The Independent

Pupils to book nurse appointments by text The Nursing Times

GPC warning on ‘incompetent’ cervical smear tests Pulse

Botox 'stops the call of the bathroom' The Telegraph

By Theme

Warning that childhood obesity is a ‘national emergency’

We can beat child obesity epidemic – but we must beat 'Big Food' first The Guardian

Children's obesity is a 'national emergency' The Independent

Study into happiness in later life

I don't believe it! Research shows our happiness steadily increases once we pass 45 The Daily Mail

'Grumpy old man' is a myth The Telegraph

Health and Social Care Bill coverage

Clegg defiant despite NHS defeat BBC

Lib Dems vote against backing NHS reforms The Financial Times

Lib Dem conference deals Nick Clegg a blow over NHS bill The Guardian

Lib Dem vote against support for bill puts more pressure on peers HSJ

Lib Dem health reforms vote bid fails The Independent

Liberals are beating Demselves up as they go to war with Clegg The Sun

Clegg clashes with party over 'tycoon tax’ The Telegraph

By Publication

BBC

GPs 'refuse' to visit care homes

Weekend working 'needed in NHS'

Plan to make school nurses more accessible to pupils

The Daily Mail

How giving your children five-a-day can actually damage their teeth

New app will allow diabetics to manage condition on their iPhone

The Guardian

Aids: from a death sentence to living life

Why pregnant teenagers are happy to carry on smoking

HSJ

Better interventions could cut missed appointments by third

The Independent

LSD 'may aid alcoholism treatment'

Drug will make alcoholics forget that they want a drink

The Nursing Times

Minister pressured to respond to NT story on district nurses

Nurse education cuts pose threat to 'quality of patient care'

Pulse

NICE guidelines ‘wrong’ on test for women with gestational diabetes

The Telegraph

'Only way to relieve husband's pain is to kill him'

Six in 10 'not getting five-a-day'