In 2001, 16.6 million deaths globally were due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD); this figure will increase to 25 million by 2025. The two leading causes of death worldwide are cardiovascular coronary heart disease (which causes heart attack and heart failure) and cerebrovascular disease (which...

In the last year, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 11.1% in the United Kingdom (UK), reaching the highest value of the last 40 years. The cost of food suffered an annual increase of 16.2%, which has disproportionally affected fruit and vegetables and has led to food insecurity currently...

This is the first study that investigates the heterogeneous effects of blood pressure (BP) screening on subsequent changes in BP in a high-income country. We use data from clinical health assessments carried out in 2010 (baseline) and 2014 (follow-up) as part of a nationally-representative...