Andrew Lansley has been forced to ditch a controversial plan that would have put the NHS at risk of losing the services of teams of cancer experts who help patients, GPs and hospitals, say the Guardian, the Independent and the Telegraph. Pesticides that are implanted into genetically modified food crops have lodged in the blood of pregnant women and their unborn babies, according to the Telegraph.

But there was good news for patients with back pain, as British scientists have invented a jab that could ease chronic back pain for millions of sufferers, according to the Telegraph.

Hospitals are buying 1,751 different types of medical tube because they are in "a muddle" with the way they purchase supplies, the broadsheet also reports.

Britain's position as a world leader in medical research could be jeopardised by the coalition government's health reforms, according to the Telegraph And Nick Clegg has warned David Cameron that he will not ask Liberal Democrat MPs and peers to support the government's health reforms unless they are "substantially changed", the Independent claims. A dietary supplement given to pregnant women at high risk of pre-eclampsia could reduce the likelihood of the disease occurring, the BBC reports.

And scientists have found that eating dairy food doesn't increase your risk of a heart attack, according to the Daily Mail. Cooked tomatoes can have the same benefits as statins for patients battling against high cholesterol levels or high blood pressure, the tabloid also claims.