Nearly nine in 10 eligible men invited for a screening for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in Gloucestershire received the potentially life-saving test this year, new figures show. The British Heart ...

NHS Ayrshire & Arran is encouraging men over 65 years and who live in Ayrshire and Arran to attend their Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening appointment. AAA screening is the simplest and best ...

An entertainer discovered he had a deadly condition that could have ruptured his main artery after attending a routine screening. Rob Shaw, 72, an entertainer from Liverpool, was diagnosed with a ...

A national screening programme to detect abdominal aortic aneurysms in older men would be unlikely to benefit most women, new research has found. Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) affect the body's ...

As we age, our risk of developing a serious illness increases. Most cancer cases, for example, are in people aged 50 and over, with a third of all UK cancer cases in people aged 75 and over. Detecting ...