What the papers say: epilepsy drugs linked to birth defects
Women who take four common epilepsy drugs are at greater risk of having a baby born with birth defects, research in the Telegraph suggests. A revolutionary treatment for skin cancer could be available to British sufferers within months, the Telegraph reports. This story is also covered by the Independent and Daily Mail. Tests have discovered that the effect of Bisphenol A, which is found in the lining of food and drink containers and can interfere with the way hormones are processed and so may affect fertility, is greater than previously thought, The Telegraph reports.
A pioneering British project on the verge of developing a revolutionary gene treatment for Cystic Fibrosis needs £6m or face the axe, the Guardian reports, despite successful tests.
Drug companies are to lower the price of vaccines to developing countries, the Guardian reports. This story is also covered by the Independent. David Cameron will promise to keep waiting lists low, maintain spending, not to privatise, to keep care integrated and to remain committed to the "national" part of the NHS, the Telegraph reports. The Daily Mail also covers this story. Pro-choice campaigners are fighting back against Christian right and social conservatives moves to chip away at abortion rights, the Guardian reports.
The E.Coli outbreak in Germany has been linked to bean sprouts from a factory in Uelzen in Lower Saxony, the Guardian reports. The Telegraph also covers this story. The drinking age should be raised to 24 to cut alcoholism, a leading scientist has suggested in the Telegraph.
Healthy oven chips, mayonnaise and dairy spreads have been given the go-ahead by government to use the official Change4Life logo in exchange for £3m from supermarkets to support the campaign, the Guardian reports.