We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of twenty-eight US-based studies
applying the findings of the Diabetes Prevention Program, a clinical trial that tested the …

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 …

Objectives To quantify the benefits and harms of general health checks in adults with an
emphasis on patient-relevant outcomes such as morbidity and mortality rather than on …

In today's world'health'means far more than merely the absence of illness. In Rethinking
Health Promotion Theodore H. MacDonald sweeps away the confusion surrounding the …

Objectives The high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the increased cost of
treatment have prompted strategies for the primary prevention of CVD in the UK to move …

Aims There are continuing uncertainties about how much screening for type 2 diabetes
brings forward the clinical diagnosis and the impact that earlier diagnosis has on health …

Routine health checks or periodic health examinations, a term used in North America, are
seductive. They seem sensible. If prevention is better than cure then they seem a socially …

High-income countries have witnessed marked reductions in cardiovascular disease (CVD)
in recent years. Aging populations, however, maintain CVD as a major threat to public health …

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of global mortality. Risk
factor management in clinical practice often relies on relative risk modification rather than …

Background. Cardiometabolic health checks are currently introduced in several countries in
an attempt to reduce the population-wide increase of cardiometabolic disease. Objective …