Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
... how many people were likely to develop CVD over the next ten years" said lead author Professor Andrew Neil from the Division of Public Health and Primary Care."Our findings reinforce the need for a national CVD risk assessment programme and we welcome the announcement by the Department of Health earlier this year that plans are being put in place to institute primary care checks for...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
... how many people were likely to develop CVD over the next ten years" explains lead author Professor Andrew Neil from the Division of Public Health and Primary Care."Our findings reinforce the need for a national CVD risk assessment programme and we welcome the announcement by the Department of Health earlier this year that plans are being put in place to institute primary care checks...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
... will increase pressure for widespread health checks to be introduced. Lead author Professor Andrew Neil said the findings reinforced the need for CVD risk assessments. "Our research found 75 per cent of men and 45 per cent of women who were over 50 already had CVD or diabetes, were taking cholesterol or blood-pressure drugs or were at high risk of developing CVD," he said. "We were...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
... will increase pressure for widespread health checks to be introduced.Lead author Professor Andrew Neil said the findings reinforced the need for CVD risk assessments. "Our research found 75 per cent of men and 45 per cent of women who were over 50 already had CVD or diabetes, were taking cholesterol or blood-pressure drugs or were at high risk of developing CVD," he said."We were...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
... will increase pressure for widespread health checks to be introduced.Lead author Professor Andrew Neil said the findings reinforced the need for CVD risk assessments. "Our research found 75 per cent of men and 45 per cent of women who were over 50 already had CVD or diabetes, were taking cholesterol or blood-pressure drugs or were at high risk of developing CVD," he said."We were...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
... announced plans to roll out heart screening checks for people aged 40 to 74 earlier this year. Andrew Neil, the professor of epidemiology who led the Oxford University team, said: "Our findings reinforce the need for a national cardiovascular risk assessment programme and we welcome the announcement by the Department of Health that plans are being put in place to institute primary...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
The shortfall in identifying people at high risk is greatest when it comes to middle-aged men, says the study of more than 71,000 men and women, which was carried out by Oxford University and funded by Unilever. "The aim of our study was to estimate how many people were likely to develop CVD over the next ten years" explains lead author Professor Andrew Neil from the Division of Public...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
... plans to introduce heart screening checks for people aged 40 to 74 across the country.Professor Andrew Neil, who led the research team, said: "Our findings reinforce the need for a national CVD risk assessment programme and we welcome the announcement by the Department of Health that plans are being put in place to institute primary care checks. "Our research found that 75 per cent...
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
... how many people were likely to develop CVD over the next ten years” explains lead author Professor Andrew Neil from the Division of Public Health and Primary Care.“Our findings reinforce the need for a national CVD risk assessment programme and we welcome the announcement by the Department of Health earlier this year that plans are being put in place to institute primary care checks...
