2 months ago 03rd Sep 11:29
Heart disease is a major killer in the UK Nearly four million people in the UK may be unaware they are at high risk.
Campaigners warned the study, published in the International Journal of Clinical Practice, showed too many people took their health for granted.
The stark reality, shown by this report, is that people take the health of their heart for granted and it is not high on their agenda to check it is OK .
Plans are in place in England to screen everybody between the ages of 40 and 74 for cardiovascular disease. Scotland has so far not followed suit.
The Oxford study suggests that 7.9 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, or are known to be at risk of developing symptoms.
But it estimates that a further 2.8 million men and 900,000 women at high risk have not been diagnosed.
The problem is particularly severe among middle aged men, the study suggests.
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