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Paper talk: Cancer drug that extends life expectancy available from tomorrow; NHS pay freeze described as unsustainable

Media watch Cancer drug, Zytiga, can extend the life of advanced prostate cancer sufferers by up to four months; NHS leaders have voiced concerns over pay freeze as employment rises 2.5 per cent a year.

The drug abiraterone acetate, marketed as Zytiga, which helps extend the life of advance prostate caner sufferers by more than four months will be available in Britain from tomorrow, the Telegraph reports.

The Guardian reports that the NHS pay freeze has been described as unsustainable by NHS leaders as staff employment rises by 2.5 per cent a year.

Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Williams is seeking further changes to the NHS bill after speaking out at the party conference in Birmingham, the BBC reports.

The Guardian reports that the government plans to accept further changes to the health bill following concerns that Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Williams will hold up the bill in the House of Lords.

The BBC reports that the risk of having a heart attack increases for up to six hours after inhaling heavy traffic fumes. The Guardian also covers this story.

The Telegraph reports that the number of cases of measles is already twice as many so far this year as there were in the whole of 2010.

Health minister Lesley Griffiths has warned that the NHS in Wales is facing some difficult changes over the next 5 years, the BBC reports.

Commissioning consortia set to take over NHS care have voiced concerns over their size and budgets, the BBC reports.

The BBC reports that a lack of hospital consultations at weekends is causing the deaths of hundreds of people in London every year.

The Daily Mail reports that some patients have to wait up to two weeks before they can see their family doctor.

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