That’s the conclusion of a Government watchdog which found before it launched a new review of the NHS Health Check in England. It sees everyone aged over 40 assessed for their risk of developing ...

and the NHS to create a simple test that can gauge your heart health in a matter or minutes. that asks about your weight, height, activity levels, blood pressure numbers, and more. You don’t ...

There's an NHS tool you can use to calculate ... have a condition affecting their heart or blood vessels. The tool asks about weight, height, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels.

High blood pressure is a common condition that can be managed through diet and lifestyle changes. There are certain popular ...

If you're using a wrist blood pressure monitor, make sure you have the monitor at the specified height as it’s trickier and more inconsistent to hold your wrist monitor in the right position than an ...

They also want to change the NHS "from analogue to digital" by putting all patient health information, test results and ... patients with diabetes or high blood pressure so they can monitor ...

If you're sitting in the doctor's office, about to have your blood pressure checked, you might be concerned that your nerves will cause a spike, leading the doctor to believe you have hypertension ...

Doing just five minutes of exercise a day could lower high blood pressure, a new study suggests. According to the NHS, high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is thought to affect 30% of UK ...

The NHS Health Check, which was introduced under Labour in 2009, is set to be reviewed and the programme has been assessed on its ability to evaluate individuals for the development of deadly ...

The NHS in England has launched a winter campaign calling on people to “give the gift of blood” this Christmas. Donors have been urged to book and stick to their appointments in the lead-up to ...