The Guardian reports that patients are at risk of being misled over the benefits of homeopathy by the government's decision to fund the remedies on the NHS, the government’s chief scientific advisor said.The Telegraph reports men with cancer are being denied the chance to have children because doctors are not following guidance to allow them to store their sperm, researchers have warned. The Independent reports that genetic testing can help determine whether heart surgery patients benefit from the popular anti-platelet drug clopidogrel, which has been effective for some but carries major risks.

Women should freeze sections of their ovaries in their twenties to give the best chance of conceiving when they try to start a family in their thirties and forties, a fertility expert will say today, The Independent reports.The Daily Mail reports that cheap reading glasses bought in supermarkets and pharmacies can cause problems for people who use them. Many councils are struggling with moves to give individual people their own budgets to spend on social care, the BBC reports.Pancreatic cancer may lurk in the body for many years before patients fall ill, the BBC reports.The BBC goes on to report that a baby whose death along with three others caused the suspension of heart surgery at a hospital died from natural causes, an inquest has ruled.