The English-style “check-up” helps save lives.
According to a study published Tuesday in the journal
BMC Medicine,
the health check offered since 2009 in the United Kingdom to adults aged 40 to 74 reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and death in those who have benefited from it.
This positive result is linked to
“
earlier detection of risk factors such as hypertension and excess cholesterol
”
, indicate the authors, researchers at the University of Oxford and the Alan Turing Institute in London, who see it as
“
proof
”
of the effectiveness of long-term prevention programs.
“
This research is a response to those who wonder, including among doctors, whether these preventive examinations are really useful
,” comments Philippe Amouyel, professor of public health and head of department at Lille University Hospital.
Yes, it is worth it on an individual and collective level.
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Epidemiologists compared the state of health of participants in the prevention program offered by…
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