It’s hard nowadays to see your GP without him or her strapping a blood pressure cuff to your arm, quizzing you about your smoking habits, or testing your cholesterol.
We hijack you in this way because all these measurements help us to calculate your risk of heart disease and stroke (known as cardiovascular disease). If we know your risk, we can then give you specific advice and, if necessary, treatments to lower it.
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Added: Sunday, 6 April, 2008, 6:33 pm
"Qrisk needs to be adopted sooner rather than later!! "
Fitness Consultant , Basingstoke
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