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EU sets out cardiovascular screening framework as Várhelyi urges shift towards prevention

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All Europeans should receive regular cardiovascular health checks throughout their lives under new European Commission recommendations aimed at detecting risks earlier and reducing deaths from the EU’s biggest killer.

Launching the first EU Screening Week on Monday (28 September), Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi said Europe needed to move away from a healthcare model focused predominantly on treating people after they become ill and make prevention and early detection a routine part of healthcare.

Cardiovascular diseases claim around 1.7 million lives in the EU each year and cost the European economy more than €282 billion annually. The Commission says as many as 80% of cardiovascular diseases could be prevented by tackling risk factors including high blood pressure, cholesterol, high blood sugar and obesity.

“For too long, healthcare has been primarily about treating people once they become ill,” Várhelyi said. “We cannot afford to rely on that as our default model, not anymore, and not for citizens, not for their families, and not for the sustainability of our healthcare systems”...

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