What the papers say: 10p heart polypill hailed a success

Sizeable reductions in blood pressure and cholesterol in patients trialing the 10p-a-day polypill containing aspirin and statins have been found, the Telegraph writes. The Guardian also covers this story.

A drug - abiraterone acetate - developed by British researchers can give sufferers of advanced prostate cancer an extra four months of life, the Telegraph reports. The Daily Mail also covers this story.

Millions of asthma sufferers are receiving inadequate treatment, according to Jeremy Laurance in the Independent.

Doctors have repeated their call for health secretary Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms to be scrapped, the Telegraph writes.

Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader and deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is preparing to set out substantial revisions to the health and social care bill.

And a quarter of NHS hospitals are failing to provide basic care for the elderly, the Telegraph writes. The Independent, Daily Mail and Guardian also cover this story.

Cutting out coffee can increase fertility in women, research covered by the Independent's Jeremy Laurance suggests. The Daily Mail also covers this story.

Enjoying a regular drink is better for you than not drinking at all, research covered in the Telegraph has found.

The Vatican has renewed its criticism of the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDs, saying that the contraception offers a false sense of security, according to the Telegraph.

Research has found that some blind people can develop 'bat-like sonar', by seeing sound reflected off objects, according to the Telegraph.