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• Call to halt NHS medical database
  Doctors leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.
• 'No proof' IVF aided by acupuncture
  There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.
• Social care deal 'dead in water'
  Attempts to reach a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water ahead of a key summit.
• MP writes to police over hospital
  An MP writes to police to ask if there is a basis for a criminal inquiry into activities at Stafford Hospital.
• 'Problem kids' risk future pain
  Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers.
• Illegal cord blood sample warning
  Parents, hospitals and private firms are being warned over risky and illegal collections of umbilical cord blood
• 'London bomb stress' recognised
  Psychologists say they have treated hundreds of survivors of the 2005 London bombings for post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Patients 'get care in cupboards'
  Patients are being treated in mop cupboards, storerooms and kitchens due to wards being full, a survey suggests.
• Pharmacy probe over pill refusal
  A high street chemist is investigating after a religious employee refused a customer in Sheffield the contraceptive pill.
• Sex drive 'lasts longer in men', research suggests
  Men are likelier than women to enjoy sex in old age, researchers find.
• Women who drink wine in moderation stay slim, says study
  Women can enjoy a tipple and stay slim, according to a study showing moderate drinkers gain less weight than teetotallers.
• The health risks of a big carbon footprint
  In this week's health opinion column Scrubbing Up, paediatrician Dr Tony Waterston, warns of the health dangers of a big carbon footprint and says doctors are leading by example
• Obesity risk
  Why extra fat can turn you into a killer behind the wheel
• Chickenpox row
  A vaccine is available - why don't we use it?
• Three-way swap
  UK's first pooled kidney transplant hailed a success
• Surgery on joints
  Patient benefits from rare ankle replacement
• Full circle
  Ex-footballer tells how he has overcome cancer
• From BBC Health
  What happens to your body under anaesthetic?
• UK gives SA millions of condoms
  The UK donates £1m ($1.5m) to South Africa to buy 42m condoms, as the nation builds up to the football World Cup.
• Premature brain 'wash out' hope
  A technique that "washes out" the brains of severely ill premature babies may aid survival, a study suggests.