What the papers say: passive smoking kills 600,000 annually
More than 600,000 people, including 165,000 children, die every year from passive smoking, a report from World Health Organisation reported in the Guardian and the Independent claims.
And the paper reports on a study that suggests seasons can affect fertility, with women born during the summer tending to have fewer children than those born at other times of year.
The Daily Mail goes big on NHS postcode lottery services for stroke victims, plus how Sainsbury’s customers can get a “check-up at the checkout” with its new GP surgeries.
The Independent and the Daily Telegraph also report on the Sainsbury's story.
The Daily Telegraph reports that patients don't consult NHS data before choosing where to be treated, according to the former deputy chief medical officer at the Department of Health.
And researchers have found that children who are overweight by the age of just nine are at a higher risk of going on to develop heart disease, the broadsheet also says.Leading sports doctors have strongly criticised the way PE is being taught in English schools saying many children do not get a proper workout from it, the BBC reports.
And the website says Health Protection Agency experts have suggested that a quarter of people with HIV in the UK, over 22,000, are unaware they have the virus.