The first NHS screening programme offered just to men is to be rolled out in Scotland in three years' time, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said. From 2011 all men over the age of 65 will be screened by ultrasound for aortic aneurysm - a potentially fatal blood vessel condition.
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Men to be screened for aneurysms - BBC Health News 24th June 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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