Researchers have discovered a better way of identifying those at high risk of potential heart attacks and strokes and other major cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Currently health assessments, such as the NHS Health Check, try to identify those at increased risk of cardiovascular disease in the next 10-years by assessing clinical risk factors, such as blood pressure, cholesterol level, diabetes status and body mass index, to create a Clinical Risk Score, such as the QRISK2 score. However, such scores do not identify everyone who is at increased risk. New research Read More