Background General health checks are common elements of health care in some countries.
These aim to detect disease and risk factors for disease with the purpose of reducing …

Background Multiple risk factor interventions using counselling and educational methods
assumed to be efficacious and cost‐effective in reducing coronary heart disease (CHD) …

Importance General health checks, also known asgeneral medical examinations, periodic
health evaluations, checkups, routine visits, orwellness visits, are commonly performed in …

Background The current paradigm for cardiovascular disease (CVD) emphasises absolute
risk assessment to guide treatment decisions in primary prevention. Although the derivation …

Background A recent review concluded that general health checks fail to reduce mortality in
adults. Aim This review focuses on general practice-based health checks and their effects on …

PURPOSE: To examine the features of available Framingham‐based risk calculation tools
and review their accuracy and feasibility in clinical practice. DATA SOURCES: medline …

ContextAlthough the use of electron beam tomography (EBT) as a motivational tool to
change behavior is practiced, its efficacy has not been studied. ObjectiveTo assess the …

Background Guidelines now recommend routine assessment of global coronary heart
disease (CHD) risk scores. We performed a systematic review to assess whether global …

Background Health checks are promoted to evaluate individuals' risk of develo** disease
and to initiate health promotion and disease prevention interventions. The NHS H ealth C …

Background Screening programmes can potentially identify people at high cardiovascular
risk and reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. However, there is …